A Sleeping Life

Rendell,Ruth

ISBN 10: 0091325404 / ISBN 13: 9780091325404

Published by Hutchinson, London, 1978

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This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in publisher's original maroon cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Very Good Dust-Jacket which has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the d/j but with some sunning to spine of the dust-wrapper.Not Price clipped and this copy has NO former names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.This copy was acquired from a discerning collector of Modern First Editions in which very close attention was paid to obtaining books in excellent condition.8vo 182pp First Edition 1st Impression [1978].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Sleeping Life
• Publisher: Hutchinson, London
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0091325404
• ISBN 13: 9780091325404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • MODERN FIRSTS

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Synopsis

A sleeping life

From the Back Cover

Rhoda Comfrey's death seemed unremarkable; the real mystery was her life.

In A Sleeping Life, master mystery writer Ruth Rendell unveils an elaborate web of lies and deception painstakingly maintained by a troubled soul. A wallet found in Comfrey's handbag leads Inspector Wexford to Mr. Grenville West, a writer whose plots revel in the blood, thunder, and passion of dramas of old; whose current whereabouts are unclear; and whose curious secretary -- the plain Polly Flinders -- provides the Inspector with more questions than answers. And when a second Grenville West comes to light, Wexford faces a dizzying array of possible scenarios -- and suspects -- behind the Comfrey murder. Brilliantly entertaining, exceptionally well-written, A Sleeping Life evokes the dark realities, half-truths, and flights of fancy that constitute a life.