Belmondo Style -Signed and Inscribed Association Copy

Adam Berlin

ISBN 10: 0312319231 / ISBN 13: 9780312319236

Published by St. Martin's Press, NY, 2004

About this Item

St. Martin's Press, NY, 2004, 275 pages. First/First in Near Fine/Near Fine condition with minor spotting and one small pinpoint of ink on bottom. DJ evidences some edgewear, otherwise tight, square and unclipped(please see attached photos). The Author has both Signed in full at top of title page and warmly Inscribed and dated in the year of publication to bottom as follows:"For Nilsa, A photographer with style! We've taken a lot of pictures together and I thank you for that. June 2004". All books bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box.

Seller Inventory # 0404351

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Belmondo Style -Signed and Inscribed Association Copy
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press, NY
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312319231
• ISBN 13: 9780312319236
• Binding: 8 1/2 x 5 3/4
• Edition: First edition, First printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Jared Chiziver is a single father and professional pick-pocket, devotee of Jean-Paul Belmondo and foreign films, and a suave ladies' man. His son Ben is sixteen, a bookish semi-introvert, a star on his school's track team, college bound and gay. Their unusual but quiet and affectionate life in New York City's Greenwich Village is ripped asunder by two singular events. First, Jared finally meets 'the one,' Anna, a photographer of criminals and death scenes - a woman he finds endless engaging. Second, in response to a brutal attack upon his son Ben, Jared breaks his own cardinal rule and commits the big crime, the one that draws the unflinching attention of the police. The only response possible to these events is to leave New York one step ahead of the police and embark upon a journey of both escape and discovery that will irrevocably change their lives.

Told from the point of view of the too-wise and too-adult Ben, Belmondo Style is an unforgettable tale which movingly explores the bonds between an unusual father and a remarkable son.

About the Author

Adam Berlin is the author of the novel Headlock. His stories and poems have been published in numerous journals including the Notre Dame Review, Bilingual Review, Greensboro Review, Northwest Review, Washington Square and Other Voices. He received his MFA from Brooklyn College, teaches writing at Columbia University and John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and lives in Manhattan.