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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 260 pages. 260 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" 6") bound in original publisher's quarter black paper with dull gilt to spine over black boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Midway through this hilarious tale, the narrator, a short, inventive homeless man named Jan Moro, tells how two men chased him from his hut at the state fairgrounds in Indianapolis: ``One of them only has seven toes and he works for a guy who microwaves puppies to death and trains dogs to fight pigs.'' Although he has no street address, Jan considers himself an entrepreneur, as distinguished from ``homeless riffraff.'' He keeps himself presentable, hangs out in hotel lobbies, believes loitering in bus stations to be great spectator sport and has hidey-holes all around town, one with a gun and three bullets that he won in a poker game. The appealing and unusual hero has a steady stream of ``great ideas'' like a ``slow-release deodorant'' for clothes instead of the body. How Jan, aka Clarence Starch Jr., gets tangled up in the dog-and-hog business, how he strikes up an acquaintance with Billy Cigar, the desperado who owns the Linger Longer Lounge, and how he attempts to con the police who pay him to be a snitch add up to a story that will keep readers in stitches. This could (should) be the title that brings Lewin ( Called by a Panther ) a long-deserved larger audience. Condition: Remainder mark on head end pages. DW head corners rubbed. Seller Inventory # BOOKS002168
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.2. Seller Inventory # G0892964405I3N00
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.2. Seller Inventory # G0892964405I4N00
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.2. Seller Inventory # G0892964405I3N10
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Spine ends slightly bumped.; Seller Inventory # 3273
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this stand-alone novel. In fine / fine unread condition. Seller Inventory # 14516
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First edition. Indianapolis crime novel. Review copy with PR sheet laid in. First printing. Seller Inventory # 2891
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Fine/fine condition. Signed by author on the title page. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 048525
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. Book has protective plastic cover. Seller Inventory # CW-UECJ-VC47
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. An Indianapolis crime novel. Gently bumped, remainder mark and foxing to the upper edge of the text block. Jacket in mylar. Signed by Lewin on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # D131281