Double Jeopardy

Echenoz, Jean

ISBN 10: 0879239166 / ISBN 13: 9780879239169

Published by David R. Godine, Publisher, 1993

About this Item

signed by author; signature personally obtained by bookseller; book of adventure, comedy and literature in one story.

Seller Inventory # 4320

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Double Jeopardy
• Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879239166
• ISBN 13: 9780879239169
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • fiction

About this title

Synopsis

In a typical conflation of mystery, comedy, and the remarkable, fortune-teller Bouc Bel-Air tells Paul J., "Everything will come in twos, always more or less in twos." Little does Paul realize that he and his friend will be caught in a wild adventure of gun running, robbery, and insurrection, taking them to distant Malaysia aboard the mutinous Boustrophedon in which characters, events, and plot lines double each other like so many mirrors. A thrilling adventure la Conrad, a sly black comedy, and a finely crafted work of literature.

About the Author

<div>Jean Echenoz is the author of four other novels: Le Méridien de Greenwich, Lac (winner of the European Literature Prize), and Nous trois. Cherokee is also available as a Bison Book. Mr. Echenoz lives in Paris. Mark Polizzotti, a veteran translator of André Breton and René Daumal as well as Jean Echenoz, is the author of Revolution of the Mind, forthcoming.</div>