Duplicate Keys - Hardcover

Jane Smiley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224021818 ISBN 13: 9780224021814

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 1984

Synopsis

The Pulitzer Prize winning author's uncommon third book, a literate mystery novel.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Alice Ellis is a Midwestern refugee living in Manhattan. Still recovering from a painful divorce, she depends on the companionship and camaraderie of tightly knit circle of friends. At the center of this circle is a rock band struggling to navigate New York's erratic music scene, and an apartment/practice space with approximately fifty key-holders. One sunny day, Alice enters the apartment and finds two of the band members shot dead. As the double-murder sends waves of shock through their lives, this group of friends begins to unravel, and dangerous secrets are revealed one by one. When Alice begins to notice things amiss in her own apartment, the tension breaks out as it occurs to her that she is not the only person with a key, and she may not get a chance to change the locks.
Jane Smiley applies her distinctive rendering of time, place, and the enigmatic intricacies of personal relationships to the twists and turns of suspense. The result is a brilliant literary thriller that will keep readers guessing up to its final, shocking conclusion.

About the Author:

Jane Smiley is the Pulitzer Prize—winning author of A Thousand Acres and more than ten other works of fiction, including Horse Heaven, Moo, and The Greenlanders. In 2001 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in northern California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0224021818
• ISBN 13: 9780224021814
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312