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  • BULLET HEART. by Doane, Michael.
    Doane, Michael.
    BULLET HEART.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fifth novel, set on the Great plains where the construction of a golf course in 1972 unearths a forgotten frontier cemetery. While the remains of the white settlers are laid to rest, the skeleton of the lone Sioux girl found there is sent to a museum, igniting the 20 year long Bones War. SIGNED on the half title page. 316 pp. ISBN: 0-679425071.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (slight spine slant).

    Book ID: 64776
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  • FOREIGN GODS, INC. by Ndibe, Okey.
    Ndibe, Okey.
    FOREIGN GODS, INC.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: SOHO Press, (2014). First edition - A novel that is both a "taut, literary thriller and an indictment of greed's power to subsume all things, including the sacred." Fueled by desperation, Ike, a Nigerian immigrant barely eking out a living as a New Yorl cab driver sets out to steal the statue of an ancient war deity from his home village and sell it to a New York gallery. A book described as "a meditation on the dreams, promises and frustrations of the immigrant life in America; the nature and impact of religious conflicts; an examination of the ways in which modern culture creates or heightens infatuation with the 'exotic,' including the desire to own strange objects…

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    New York: SOHO Press, (2014). First edition - A novel that is both a "taut, literary thriller and an indictment of greed's power to subsume all things, including the sacred." Fueled by desperation, Ike, a Nigerian immigrant barely eking out a living as a New Yorl cab driver sets out to steal the statue of an ancient war deity from his home village and sell it to a New York gallery. A book described as "a meditation on the dreams, promises and frustrations of the immigrant life in America; the nature and impact of religious conflicts; an examination of the ways in which modern culture creates or heightens infatuation with the 'exotic,' including the desire to own strange objects and hanker after ineffable illusions; and an exploration of the shifting nature of memory." 332 pp.

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    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (toning to pages)

    Book ID: 82134
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