literary thriller

Criteria:
  • Keyword = literary thriller
Page:1Modify search
Showing 1 to 7 of 7
  • THE DROWNING PEOPLE. by Mason, Richard.
    Mason, Richard.
    THE DROWNING PEOPLE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Grand Central Publishing, (1999). Hardcover first edition - Young South African born author's first novel, a highly praised literary thriller which begins ""My wife of more than forty-five years shot herself yesterday afternoon. At least that is what the police assume, and I am playing the part of grieving widower with enthusiasm and success . . It was I who killed her." Winner of Italy's Grinzane Cavour Prize for Best First Novel. Mason used the royalties of "The Drowning People", Mason established the Kay Mason Foundation which gives "talented, under-privileged scholars access to quality education, psycho-social support and life opportunities that build tomorrows leaders of families and communities, South Africa and the world." 340 pp. ISBN: 0-446525243.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 90794
    View cart More details Price: $21.00
  • THE DOCTOR'S WIFE. by Brundage, Elizabeth.
    Brundage, Elizabeth.
    THE DOCTOR'S WIFE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (2004) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of four people - two couples - and "the cataclysmic intersection of their lives." Dust jacket praise from Dorothy Allison, David Corbett, Ruth Ozeki (who commented that it is "a tense and compelling psychological thriller, but its more than just a page turner. In her dark depiction of small-town intolerance, Brundage invites us to question our moral assumptions, social responsibilities, in short, our engagement with the world.) and more. 342 pp. ISBN: 0-670033162.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 90515
    View cart More details Price: $18.50
  • THE RUINED MAP. by Abe, Kobo,
    Abe, Kobo,
    THE RUINED MAP.

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    New York: Vintage Books, (2001). A literary thriller, the story of an unnamed detective, hired by a beautiful, alcoholic woman, to find clues related to the disappearance of her husband but instead he gradually begins to identify himself with the man he was supposed to find. A novel which uses elements of the noir genre to explore urbanization and alienation. Translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders. 299 pp. ISBN: 0-375726527.

    Condition: Near fine (usual light toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 90205
    View cart More details Price: $12.00
  • THE READYMADE THIEF. by Rose, Augustus.
    Rose, Augustus.
    THE READYMADE THIEF.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Viking, (2017). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, a literary thriller which Colson Whitehead called "A kickass debut from start to finish" and Robin Sloan described as "unexpected, uncategorizable, unputdownable." This features 17 year-old Lee Cuddy who is on the run. "Betrayed by her family after taking the fall for a friend, she finds refuge in a cooperative of runaways holed up in an abandoned building they call the Crystal Castle. But the faade of the Castle conceals a far more sinister agenda, one hatched by a society of fanatical men set on decoding a series of powerful secrets hidden in plain sight. And they believe Lee holds the key to it all. Aided by…

    (more)

    New York: Viking, (2017). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, a literary thriller which Colson Whitehead called "A kickass debut from start to finish" and Robin Sloan described as "unexpected, uncategorizable, unputdownable." This features 17 year-old Lee Cuddy who is on the run. "Betrayed by her family after taking the fall for a friend, she finds refuge in a cooperative of runaways holed up in an abandoned building they call the Crystal Castle. But the faade of the Castle conceals a far more sinister agenda, one hatched by a society of fanatical men set on decoding a series of powerful secrets hidden in plain sight. And they believe Lee holds the key to it all. Aided by Tomi, a young hacker and artist with whom she has struck a wary alliance, Lee escapes into the unmapped corners of the cityempty aquariums, deserted motels, patrolled museums, and even the homes of vacationing families." SIGNED on the title page and dated in April 2017, that is before publication. 374 pp.

    (less)

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers with self-flaps (toning to edges of textblock).

    Book ID: 90104
    View cart More details Price: $30.00
  • THE DROWNING PEOPLE. by Mason, Richard.
    Mason, Richard.
    THE DROWNING PEOPLE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Grand Central Publishing, (1999). Hardcover first edition - Young South African born author's first novel, a highly praised literary thriller which begins ""My wife of more than forty-five years shot herself yesterday afternoon. At least that is what the police assume, and I am playing the part of grieving widower with enthusiasm and success . . It was I who killed her." Winner of Italy's Grinzane Cavour Prize for Best First Novel. Mason used the royalties of "The Drowning People", Mason established the Kay Mason Foundation which gives "talented, under-privileged scholars access to quality education, psycho-social support and life opportunities that build tomorrows leaders of families and communities, South Africa and the world." 340 pp. ISBN: 0-446525243.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (short tear at fold of dj flap)

    Book ID: 87725
    View cart More details Price: $18.00
  • OSCAR WILDE AND A DEATH OF NO IMPORTANCE. by Brandreth, Gyles.
    Brandreth, Gyles.
    OSCAR WILDE AND A DEATH OF NO IMPORTANCE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. First edition - "One of Britain's premiere royal biographers pens the first in a series of a fiendishly clever historical murder mysteries featuring Oscar Wilde as the detective." A young artist's model has been murdered and Wilde enlists his friends, Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Sherrard to help him investigate. Published in the UK in 2007 under the title "Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders." 343 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 59628
    View cart More details Price: $17.50
  • Fonseca, Rubem.
    VAST EMOTIONS AND IMPERFECT THOUGHTS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dustjacket: 'A literary thriller from Brazil's best-selling novelist....A grieving film director in Rio--the nameless narrator--is visited by a Carnival dancer who leaves him with a box full of precious gems. A few days later, the dancer is dead, a man in a raincoat lurks outside the director's door, and a mysterious German producer surfaces with an irresistible offer: to make a film based on a story by the director's favorite author, the great Russian writer Isaac Babel.' Translated from the Portuguese by Clifford E. Landers. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-88001-5837.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 31517
    View cart More details Price: $18.50