Dail Laura C (8 results)

VG+/VG+. First edition. 378 pp. DJ very lightly rubbed. Top spine edge has very short, open tear. Spine square, tight. Interior very clean, bright. No marks. Very nice reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1st edition, July 1994, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "Deadly tricks of the international spy trade illuminate various tactics of survival, collaboration, disinformation--and the creative process--in this complex tale of journalism and subversion in Latin America. Cycling back and forth in time and through a protean array of distinct narrative voices and points of view, Mexican crime novelist Taibo ( No Happy Ending ) gradually gives shape to a whirlwind of brief fragments from the lives of his diverse characters. These include Leon Trotsky, Stan Laurel and Houdini, each of whom is presented in an unexpected but somehow credible context. The various narrative threads intersect in 1980s Mexico, where Alex, who comes from an obscure intelligence office in New York, orchestrates his masterpiece of deception, a scheme to vilify the Sandinista leadership in Nicaragua; and where two journalists, Julio and Greg, bring their eponymous four hands together to tell the tale. Taibo's prose is rich in metaphor, and his confident, insightful storytelling makes the individual pieces of his novel intriguing long before the connections among them are apparent. Dail's translation does fine justice to the author's colorful, virtuosic narrative." -- Pub;ishers Weekly. Book.…

Very good in very lightly edgeworn jacket First Printing hardbound 1/4" tear bottom jacket spine.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Advance Reading Copy/Proof.

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.