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  • LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND. by Alam, Rumaan.
    Alam, Rumaan.
    LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ecco Press, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's disturbing third novel - the title ostensibly refers to a comment in an airbnb rental on Long Island, but of course it also refers to facing a post-apocalyptic world - with some insights into racial attitudes, class and family life thrown in along the way. Whole lives are encapsulated in single sentences. Basis for the very good 2023 film starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, and Mahershala Ali, but far more subtle and thought-provoking. Finalist for the National Book Award - the judges' citation called it "elegant, sensuous, thrilling, taut. It is an incisive examination of race and class, an absorbing story about what the beginning of…

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    New York: Ecco Press, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's disturbing third novel - the title ostensibly refers to a comment in an airbnb rental on Long Island, but of course it also refers to facing a post-apocalyptic world - with some insights into racial attitudes, class and family life thrown in along the way. Whole lives are encapsulated in single sentences. Basis for the very good 2023 film starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, and Mahershala Ali, but far more subtle and thought-provoking. Finalist for the National Book Award - the judges' citation called it "elegant, sensuous, thrilling, taut. It is an incisive examination of race and class, an absorbing story about what the beginning of the end of the world might look like. This novel is a towering achievement. Rumaan Alams prose is precise, pointed, gorgeous. The characters he brings to life and their humanity are so finely observed. Leave the World Behind will want you to do anything but that." 341 pp. ISBN: 97-0062667632.

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    Condition: Fine in fine first issue dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88951
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  • DeFilippi, Jim.
    BLOOD SUGAR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a mystery introducing Long Island detective JoeLaLuna, a "great cop who has hit a bad spot." And then he discovers that the wealthy husband of his former high school sweetheart has been murdered - and she is the most likely suspect. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-06-016879x.

    Condition: Good in a good dust jacket (name on rear endpaper, crease to dj flap, corners of 2 pages in book - a copy which has clearly been read, but a gritty suspense novel worth reading.)

    Book ID: 13244
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  • BLOOD SUGAR. by DeFilippi, Jim.
    DeFilippi, Jim.
    BLOOD SUGAR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a mystery introducing Long Island detective Joe LaLuna, a "great cop who has hit a bad spot." And then he discovers that the wealthy husband of his former high school sweetheart has been murdered - and she is the most likely suspect. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-06-016879x.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (slit to dj along fold of rear flap)

    Book ID: 78231
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  • BLOOD SUGAR. by DeFilippi, Jim.
    DeFilippi, Jim.
    BLOOD SUGAR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a mystery introducing Long Island detective Joe LaLuna, a "great cop who has hit a bad spot." And then he discovers that the wealthy husband of his former high school sweetheart has been murdered - and she is the most likely suspect. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-06-016879x.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 88620
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  • THINGS TO BE LOST by Newton, Lionel
    Newton, Lionel
    THINGS TO BE LOST

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel by this African American writer - about the disintegration of a black middle class family within the serenity of suburban Long Island - described as "scathingly funny and heartbreakingly real, totally unsentimental yet deeply moving." 276 pp. ISBN: 0-525-937552.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (as new but with a remainder line.)

    Book ID: 7181
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  • FAGO. by Roueche, Berton (1910-1994)
    Roueche, Berton (1910-1994)
    FAGO.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - A retired couple living in East Hampton on Long Island do not want to believe that this mundane daily existence is all that is left for them, and so they hatch a bold - and dangerous - plot to change it all - one which involves murder and mistaken identity. 143 pp. Dust jacket design by Geoffrey Moss. ISBN: 0-060136898.

    Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (slight chipping to the top of the dj spine, short closed tear, some soiling to white background of dj)

    Book ID: 85750
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