Limited edition Knausgaard for Waterstones

Waterstones is to sell a special limited-edition run of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s forthcoming novel, Dancing in the Dark (Harvill Secker). The book, the fourth instalment in Knausgaard’s My Struggle series, will also be promoted with national press adverts, a targeted online pre-order ad campaign, and a pre-publication appearance by the author at Foyles Charing Cross Road. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]

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