The Empty Glass

Baker, J.I.

ISBN 10: 0399158197 / ISBN 13: 9780399158193

Published by Blue Rider Press, New York, NY, 2012

About this Item

Condition: Near Fine.

Hardcover with dust jacket in Near Fine condition.

First Edition, First Printing.

Dust jacket shows light shelf and edge wear including minor scuffing and handling wear. Boards remain clean and sharp. Binding tight and square. Pages clean and unmarked with no writing, highlighting, or bookplates observed. Listing photos show the exact copy included in this sale.

A literary mystery and psychological thriller by James Ireland Baker inspired by the circumstances surrounding Marilyn Monroe's death. Set in 1962 Los Angeles, the novel blends Hollywood history, celebrity culture, conspiracy theories, and noir elements through the investigation of a county coroner drawn into a complex web of secrets and obsession. Listing photos show the exact copy included in this sale.

Seller Inventory # ~W-Baker-EmptyGlass-2012

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Empty Glass
• Publisher: Blue Rider Press, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399158197
• ISBN 13: 9780399158193
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dimensions: 8.5W x 5.5H x 1.25D inches 8.5 inches width by 5.5 inches height by 1.25 inches depth
• Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Crime Fiction & Mysteries
  • Adventure Fiction
  • Literature
  • Historical Fiction
  • Mysteries
  • Suspense
  • Modern First Editions

About this title

Synopsis

In the early-morning hours of August 5, 1962, Los Angeles County deputy coroner Ben Fitzgerald arrives at the home of the world's most famous movie star, now lying dead in her bedroom, naked and still clutching a telephone.  There he discovers The Book of Secrets - Marilyn Monroe's diary - revealing a doomed love affair with a man she refers to only as "The General."  In the following days, Ben unravels a wide-ranging cover-up and some heartbreaking truths about the fragile, luminous woman behind the celebrity.  Soon the sinister and surreal accounts in The Book of Secrets bleed into Ben's own life, and he finds himself, like Monroe, trapped in a deepening paranoid conspiracy.  The Empty Glass is an unforgettable combination of the riveting facts and legendary theories that have dogged Monroe, the Kennedy's, the Mafia, and even the CIA for decades.  It is an exciting debut from a remarkable new thriller writer.

About the Author

J. I. Baker is the executive editor of Conde Nast Traveler, and a former development editor at Time Inc. He has also worked at Real Simple, Glamour, and US Weekly and is a founding editor of Time Out New York. This is his first novel.