First UK printing. A VG+ copy in a VG+ dust jacket. Dust soiling to the edges of the book's upper page block and tanning to the page margins. Rubs to the dust jacket's spine tips and corners. Tanning to its panels.
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Robert Coover's wicked and surreally comic novel takes place at a chilling, ribald, and absolutely fascinating party. Amid the drunken guests, a woman turns up murdered on the living room floor. Around the corpse, one of several the evening produces, Gerald's party goes on - a chatter of voices, names, faces, overheard gags, rounds of storytelling, and a mounting curve of desire. What Coover has in store for his guests - besides an evening gone mad - is part murder mystery, part British parlor drama, part sly and dazzling meditation of time, theater, and love.
"We have the past, we have the future," muses Gerald, "but what we never seem to be able to get ahold of is the present." In this major novel, Coover and his narrator mean to invoke the present, and to suggest again the illusory nature of the other states. Our host's evening starts off with the corpse of a promiscuous minor actress, and an anticipated affair for him. But a parodic police inspector, a few more deaths, a blocked toilet, and a director out to make a play of corpse and motley guests keep things moving in improbable directions that dovetail with ideas on theater, time, and love. The secret of Coover's art is amazing juxtapositionof philosophy, scatology, disparate conversations, acts, memories, and metaphorical inventionall powered by the author's enormous verbal energies. Despite a humorous first impression, this isn't an easy book to enter. But it has "the power of play to provoke unexpected insights, . . . excite the heart . . . and perhaps persuade that, after all, there's no time like the present. . . ." Jeff Clark, SUNY Coll. at Old Westbury Lib.
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Hardback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR005711817
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Gerald's Party This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 7719-9780434142903
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published by Heinemann of London in 1986. Hardcover. 1st edition. Book condition: Good to Very Good. Red cloth boards with silver titles to spine. Inside pages are in good order apart from age related tanning. Dust Jacket condition: Good to Very Good. Unclipped price. There are some marks to the jacket. See photograph. Dims: 240mm x 160mm x 30mm. 352 pages. Seller Inventory # 003766
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First British edition / First printing. Red paper-covered boards. 316 pages. Very fine in very fine price clipped dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 10105-1
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Red coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip The story of a ". gathering of friends that begins ordinarily enough  or sorrow boards seem  but which soon proves to be a night none of them will ever forget. What Cooper has in store fit guest is part murder mystery, part domestic drama, part meditation on the nature of Time, theatre and Life as Theatre and Love (and its sorrows)." -- from front fold over panel blurb. Softening to the back strip edges with browning to the text block edges and pages. Tape residue can be seen to the endpapers and a previous owner has blocked out their name using "whiteout", to the top right hand corner of the free front endpaper. A little rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 316, [4] pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0434142905. ISBN/EAN: 9780434142903. Inventory No: 0122052. Seller Inventory # 0122052
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. SIGNED by author on full title page. "In Gerald's Party, his first major novel since the late seventies, Coover astonishes us once again and his range and brilliant imagination, inviting one and all to join him at, yes, a party, a gathering of friends that begins ordinarily enough - or so it would seem - but which soon proves to be a night none of them will ever forget." Ships same or next business day. Book's spine is slightly loose, small bumps on both ends of spine, pages are lightly tanned; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minor edge wear, light creases on both ends of spine, price-clipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 316 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 47976
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