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SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - First book by this Danish author to appear in English: a very complex thriller with a unique heroine - part Inuit, living in Copenhagen, and refusing to fit in - and also an unusual love story. Basis of the movie of the same name, but far more engrossing, ambiguous and satisfying. Translated by Tiina Nunnally. Winner of the Silver Dagger Award.
Condition: Very good+ in a fine dustjacket. (hint of spine slant.)
Book ID: 14324More details Price: $30.00 -
SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - First book by this Danish author to appear in English: a very complex thriller with a unique heroine - part Inuit, living in Copenhagen, and refusing to fit in - and also an unusual love story. Basis of the movie of the same name, but far more engrossing, ambiguous and satisfying. Translated by Tiina Nunnally. Winner of the Silver Dagger Award.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 14333More details Price: $38.00 -
THE LATE CANDIDATE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second hard-boiled crime novel by this author who was born in Guyana, but grew up in London. Features journalist Sam Dean - when his fiend Aston Edwards is murdered and dumped on the side of the roadside, Dean agrees to write an article about Aston's life and career as a controversial black councillor in London, but he also plans on digging until he finds out who killed Edwards. Winner of the Silver Dagger Award. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-312048661.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (short tear to top of dj spine, some rubbing to dj)
Book ID: 67304More details Price: $18.50 -
THE TREE OF HANDS.
Edition: First printing.
London: Hutchinson, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A study of the dark side of the deep and sometimes destructive bond between a parent and child. A pyschological suspense novel by a master of the genre. Winner of the Silver Dagger Award. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-394-530985.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 59725More details Price: $25.00 -
THE TREE OF HANDS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Pantheon, (1984.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A study of the dark side of the deep and sometimes destructive bond between a parent and child. A pyschological suspense novel by a master of the genre. Winner of the Silver Dagger Award. SIGNED on the title page. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-394-530985.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (hint of spine slant)
Book ID: 69477More details Price: $30.00
