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First American edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Antler and Baldwin. Promotional copy with author's black and white photo laid in. Story of a secret agent for Teddy Roosevelt.
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About the Author
Gordon M. Williams (born 1934) is a Scottish author. Born in Paisley, he moved to London to work as a journalist. He has written for television and is the author of over twenty novels including From Scenes Like These (1969), shortlisted for the first Booker Prize in 1969, Walk Don't Walk (1972) and Big Morning Blues (1974). Other novels include The Camp (1966), The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1967) and The Upper Pleasure Garden (1970). In 1971, his novel The Siege of Trencher's Farm was filmed as Straw Dogs. Other film work includes The Man Who Had Power Over Women, from his own novel, and Tree of Hands, as scriptwriter from a Ruth Rendell novel. Williams also wrote the book of Ridley Scott's film The Duellists.
Review
From New York Times review: 'Pomeroy is a historical mystery - or, rather, espionage novel - set in the London of 1903. The hero, John Stockley Pomeroy, is the disreputable son of a good family in Tennessee. He is smart, full of charm, unethical and a card sharp. But even he can get into trouble, and when the American Government picks him up and offers him a spy job, or else, he has no option. Mr. Williams has gleefully researched the period, and the book is a catalogue of The Good Old Days. There are some effective thumbnail sketches, especially one of Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. Williams has fun with Teddy, making him a sharp fathead (if those two opposing elements can be juxtaposed), and yet curiously endearing. Pomeroy has to deal with a dumb American Ambassador in London, a heel-clicking German aristocrat who is a master spy, assorted crooks, toffs and hoods. One rather looks forward to Pomeroy's next adventure. ' Review from The Times 'The American Flashman, a dare-devil back sheep in the clothing of a gentleman wolf - brisk, amusing and exciting.' Pomeroy was first published in 1983.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Historical suspense features a secret agent for Theodore Roosevelt. Tiny nick on bottom board edge. First printing. Seller Inventory # 6791
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Antler and Baldwin (illustrator). 1st Edition. 299 pages. First American edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Antler & Baldwin. Promotional copy with author's black & white photo laid in. Story of a secret agent for Teddy Roosevelt. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy! Seller Inventory # 40994749
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1/4 Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Second Printing. A Fine Second Printing housed in a dust-jacket that is also in Fine condition ; Gordon Williams' riveting new novel, Pomeroy, is the story of a family destroyed by secrets and lies.When the patriarch of the Pomeroy family dies, he leaves behind a wife and five childrenthree boys and two girls. The wife, Ann, is a stay-at-home mom, while the boys, Tim and Scott, are high school seniors and the girls, Mindy and Kelly, are in elementary school.Ann begins to notice strange things happening in the house. The locks on the doors seem to change randomly, and the family's appliances start turning off on their own. The only thing Ann can think of is that her husband was hiding something from her, and she sets out to find out what it is.As she digs into the family's past, Ann begins to realize that her husband was a criminal who committed unspeakable crimes. He was afraid of the police, so he lied to her about his past; 8vo; 299 pages. Seller Inventory # 57017