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  • THE FLAMETHROWERS by Kushner, Rachel.
    Kushner, Rachel.
    THE FLAMETHROWERS

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Scribner, (2013.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Kushner's highly praised second novel (both her first novel and this one were nominated for the National Book Award). Christina Garcia calls this a "frequently dazzling novel [which] thrusts us into the white-hot center of the 1970s conceptual art world, motorcycle racing, upper-class Italy and the rampant kidnappings and terrorism that plagued it. It's an irresistible, high-octane mix . . Kushner's insights into place, society and the complicated rules of belonging, and unbelonging, can be mordantly brilliant." SIGNED on the title page. 383 pp. ISBN: 978-1439142004.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 91631
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  • THE WAKE-UP. by Ferrigno, Robert.
    Ferrigno, Robert.
    THE WAKE-UP.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pantheon, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An off-beat but very entertaining novel. "Frank Thorpe is set to board a plane at LAX for a much-needed vacation when he sees an obviously poor young boy knocked out of the way and senseless by an arrogant businessman rushing to a waiting Porsche.
    Frank has just been fired - over a fatal screw up - from the covert operations 'shop' heÕs worked at for years. But Douglas Meachum - a hard-charging art dealer - needs to be made to feel something more than entitlement: nothing extreme, just a little wake-up call. . . but what started out as a good (if slightly underhanded) deed quickly - and…

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    New York: Pantheon, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An off-beat but very entertaining novel. "Frank Thorpe is set to board a plane at LAX for a much-needed vacation when he sees an obviously poor young boy knocked out of the way and senseless by an arrogant businessman rushing to a waiting Porsche.
    Frank has just been fired - over a fatal screw up - from the covert operations 'shop' heÕs worked at for years. But Douglas Meachum - a hard-charging art dealer - needs to be made to feel something more than entitlement: nothing extreme, just a little wake-up call. . . but what started out as a good (if slightly underhanded) deed quickly - and violently - veers out of control." SIGNED on the title page. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-37542249.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 91215
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  • GIRL IN THE AFTERNOON. by Burdick, Serena.
    Burdick, Serena.
    GIRL IN THE AFTERNOON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in the male-dominated art world of Belle Epoque Paris. "Out of The Gilded Age comes this glittering canvas of a novel, full of light and life, shadow and darkness, stillness and movement. A rich portrait of a world and one unconventional familys place in it, . . a love story, a mystery, a tragedy, and a moving study of the human capacity to contain both reckless error and surprising redemption. (author Carrie Brown). SIGNED on the title page. 280 pp. ISBN: 978-1250082671.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 90666
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  • BLUE LADIES. by Burr, Bettz
    Burr, Bettz
    BLUE LADIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Seaview Books, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of a group of wealthy East Side women who serve on the board of a small art museum in New York City and of three staff members who find themselves under attack when the museum receives a huge donation which catapults it into the public eye. As a first time author at age 40, Burr feels like she write from the perspective of mid-life women. 313 pp. ISBN: 0-872235858.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (creasing to front flap of dj)

    Book ID: 83598
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  • THE FLAMETHROWERS by Kushner, Rachel.
    Kushner, Rachel.
    THE FLAMETHROWERS

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Scribner, (2013.). SIGNED first edition - Kushner's highly praised second novel (both her first novel and this one were nominated for the National Book Award). Christina Garcia calls this a "frequently dazzling novel [which] thrusts us into the white-hot center of the 1970s conceptual art world, motorcycle racing, upper-class Italy and the rampant kidnappings and terrorism that plagued it. It's an irresistible, high-octane mix . . Kushner's insights into place, society and the complicated rules of belonging, and unbelonging, can be mordantly brilliant." SIGNED on the title page. 385 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 61046
    View cart More details Price: $150.00