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  • LOST MEMORY OF SKIN. by Banks, Russell.
    Banks, Russell.
    LOST MEMORY OF SKIN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ecco Press, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which "illuminates the shadowed edges of contemporary American culture. . . the young man at the center of this uncompromising and morally complex new novel must create a life for himself in the wake of incarceration. Known in his new identity only as the Kid, and on probation after doing time for a liaison with an underage girl, he is shackled to a GPS monitoring device and forbidden to live within 2,500 feet of anywhere children might gather. With nowhere else to go, the Kid takes up residence under a south Florida causeway, in a makeshift encampment with other convicted sex offenders." 416 pp. ISBN: 978-0061857638.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 81194
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  • EDDIE & SUNNY. by Cochran, Stacey.
    Cochran, Stacey.
    EDDIE & SUNNY.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Lutz, FL: Down and Out Books, (2015). SIGNED first edition - "Eddie and Sunny have never had anything in life save for each other s love. For months they ve lived out of their car with their young son. . .. When they stop at an abandoned service station, the point is just to survive another night in their car. But inside they discover a marijuana grow operation, cash, and a stockpile of weapons." And when Sunny shoots the gun dealers in their attempt to escape, they become fugitives from both the law and the kin of the dealers. SIGNED on the title page 210 pp. ISBN: 978-1937495886.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 63215
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  • MY WEEK AT THE BLUE ANGEL, and Other Stories from the Storm Drains, Strip Clubs, and Trailer Parks of Las Vegas. by O'Brien, Matthew. Photos by Bill Hughes.
    O'Brien, Matthew. Photos by Bill Hughes.
    MY WEEK AT THE BLUE ANGEL, and Other Stories from the Storm Drains, Strip Clubs, and Trailer Parks of Las Vegas.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Las Vegas: Huntington Press, (2010). First edition - A book which shows a side of Las Vegas rarely seen - Stories from a "seven-day stay at a seedy motel on East Fremont street.. . They're about prostitutes, ex-cons, and the homeless and they're set under Caesar's Palace and in trailer parks (many of them closing with the tenants being forced out) and weekly motels. Illustrated with photographs by Bill Hughes. 227 pp. ISBN: 1-935396412.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 88605
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  • GHOST COUNTRY. by Paretsky, Sara.
    Paretsky, Sara.
    GHOST COUNTRY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A stand-alone novel by the author of the V. I. Warshawski mysteries, the story of four troubled people who meet beneath the streets of Chicago. SIGNED on the title page. 386 pp. ISBN: 0-385-29938.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 53846
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  • GHOST COUNTRY. by Paretsky, Sara.
    Paretsky, Sara.
    GHOST COUNTRY.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Delacorte, (1998.). SIGNED first edition - A stand-alone novel by the author of the V. I. Warshawski mysteries, the story of four troubled people who meet beneath the streets of Chicago. SIGNED on the title page. 386 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in printed off-white wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 55976
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  • WONDER VALLEY. by Pochoda, Ivy.
    Pochoda, Ivy.
    WONDER VALLEY.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Ecco Press, 2017. SIGNED first edition - A novel set against the backdrop of skid row in Los Angeles, where the homeless set up their tents on the sidewalk, and in the Mohave desert. It tells the intertwined stories of six people, misfits and lost souls, but who manage nevertheless to find some hope and redemption. SIGNED on the title page. 324 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 71402
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