Danny Leigh (110 results)

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Condition: Very Good. 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. .…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good paperback with light shelfwear - NICE! Standard-sized.

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Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

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Paperback. Condition: New. Main. Lizbeth Greene is a celebrated crime novelist with writer's block. Wilson Velez is the imprisoned leader of the Sacred Incan Royals, a Latino gang, who has just emerged from five years spent in solitary confinement. When Lizbeth decides to write a book about Wilson, she begins to visit him in prison and, as the relationship grows, they both find themselves becoming increasingly dependent on each other.The Monsters of Gramercy Park is a fantastically original and spellbinding novel at the centre of which is a wholly compelling and electrifying relationship. Full of twists and turns, it leaves the reader guessing until the very last page. …

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This enthralling new novel from the award-winning author of The Greatest Gift is another immensely original and high-concept work of fiction, which brings together two disparate characters against a backdrop of secrecy and revelation. New York gang lord Wilson Velez, serving a life sentence in solitary confinement, is slowly losing his mind. Hundreds of miles away, celebrated crime novelist Lizbeth Greene falls apart as her inspiration runs dry. So, when Lizbeth reads of Velez after his eventual release into the general prison population, her decision is instant. She will write a book about him. His story. A true-crime classic to revive her ailing career.Beginning a series of visits to Velez in jail, Lizbeth becomes drawn into his dark world, as the pair engage in a complex and fascinating dance of attraction and rejection. Until, in time, their bargain starts to consume them both.Woven through the story, meanwhile, is a children's book - titled The Monsters of Gramercy Park - that mirrors the ever-more intimate and dangerous relationship between Lizbeth and Velez. A dark, psychological thriller, from the author of The Greatest Gift (Faber 2004) Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Condition Notes: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. Small spot to back panel jacket. Book; An electrifying game of cat-and-mouse between an imprisoned mastermind and a crime writer with a hidden past. ; 6.46 X 30.23 X 9.5 millimeters; 384 pages Near Fine with faint spot of soil top edge.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A dazzling tale, told with mordant wit, of the last seconds of a man's life as he leaps from a nine-storey building. Matthew Viss just wants to help. That's all he ever wanted. So it's lucky he works at The Greatest Gift - the city's premier concierge service. Whether you need a limo to the airport, a name for your dog, or someone to wait in your flat for the repairman, Matthew can help. He'll run your whole life - an he'll do it with a smile. This is the story of his downfall. A blackly comic and frequently moving account of a life going haywire in the service industry, Danny Leigh's debut is set in a world we often encounter but seldom notice. Written in prose that is at once hugely imaginative and brilliantly precise, The Greatest Gift marks the arrival of a remarkable new talent. A dazzling tale of the last seconds of a man's life as he leaps from a nine-storey building Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. Main. A dazzling tale, told with great humour, of the last seconds of a man's life as he leaps from a nine-storey building.Matthew Viss works for the city's premier concierge service. Whatever you need, he can provide. And he'll do it with a smile. He just wants to help - that's all he's ever wanted to do. The Greatest Gift is the story of his downfall.'Leigh's prose is discomforting, his free-form style a reflection of Matthew's free-falling life, and there are echoes of Chuck 'Fight-Club' Palahniuk . A complex, affecting debut, suggesting the emergence of an exciting talent.' Daily Mail'The Greatest Gift, a withering report on the emptiness and narcissism of the corporate world . Leigh has steered away from the familiar territory of the first-time novelist . and delivered something more distinctive. What looks like a satire on contemporary office life becomes an allegory about loftier themes - friendship, compulsion, identity and desire.' Daily Telegraph. …

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. FIRST EDITION THUS. THIS IS A1997 BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY AND CRITICAL REVIEW OF DAVID MAMET'S PLAY WRITING AND MOVIE SCREEN WRITING AND DIRECTING BY DANNY LEIGH, A NOTED BRITISH FILM CRITIC. THE ESSAY IS CLIPPED FROM A 1997 "NEOM" MAGAZINE ON PAGES 72-76. THERE ARE SEVERAL IMAGES INCLUDING A FULL PAGE OF IMAGES OF DAVID MAMET ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF SCENE IMAGES FROM HIS MOVIES. THE ESSAY IS RATHER POSITIVE ABOUT MAMET'S TALENT FOR WRITING. Size: 8 3/8" X 11 3/4".…

Condition: Very Good. Lizbeth Greene is a celebrated crime novelist with writer's block. Wilson Velez is the imprisoned leader of the Sacred Incan Royals, a Latino gang. When Lizbeth decides to write a book about Wilson, she begins to visit him in prison and, as the relationship grows, they both find themselves becoming increasingly dependent on each other. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. 2005. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Condition: Very Good. Lizbeth Greene is a celebrated crime novelist with writer's block. Wilson Velez is the imprisoned leader of the Sacred Incan Royals, a Latino gang. When Lizbeth decides to write a book about Wilson, she begins to visit him in prison and, as the relationship grows, they both find themselves becoming increasingly dependent on each other. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. 2005. Paperback. . . . .…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Trade Paperback - VG - Book is clean and tight with light wear - (Advanced Reading Copy - First Edition) - 344 pages.