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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

Keywords: art world, calfornia setting, drug dealers, Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction, surfers
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Silver, Marisa.
BABE IN PARADISE: Fiction.

Edition: Advance Reading Copy (ARC, trade paperback format. )

New York: Norton, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a collection of nine linked stories, set in a Los Angeles of "seismic geologic change, of racial unease, of parched desert landscapes littered with the detritus of urban ambition." A New York Times Notable Book, and a Los Angeles Times 'Best Book of the Year.' SIGNED on the title page. 235 pp.

Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

Book ID: 91096

Keywords: calfornia setting, First book or first novel, los angeles, New York Times Notable Book, short stories, uncorrected proof, wildfire
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Silver, Marisa.
BABE IN PARADISE: Fiction.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Norton, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a collection of nine linked stories, set in a Los Angeles of "seismic geologic change, of racial unease, of parched desert landscapes littered with the detritus of urban ambition." A New York Times Notable Book, and a Los Angeles Times 'Best Book of the Year.' SIGNED on the title page. 233 pp. ISBN: 0-393020037.

Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

Book ID: 64152

Keywords: calfornia setting, First book or first novel, los angeles, New York Times Notable Book, short stories, wildfire

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Daniel, John M.
GENEROUS HELPINGS: Stories.

Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.

Santa Barbara: Shoreline Press, 2001. SIGNED first edition - "Six Stories Of California, Calamity, And Love." 157 pp. ISBN: 1-885375085.

Condition: Warmly INSCRIBED by the author on the first page ('with great memories, warm wishes, and much affection") and dated in the year of publication. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

Book ID: 33340

Keywords: calfornia setting, Fiction, short stories, small press publisher

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