Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1973. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket by Wendell Minor retaining original price ($7.95); [10],272pp. Jacket margins a bit worn with old dampstain affecting top fore-edge corner of upper panel slightly affecting front flap, light foxing to jacket edges and verso, else a Very Good, sound copy overall. Lengthy and rather pleading author inscription to title page: "For Stephen Kendrick (Please remember, Steve, that the first & last of the 3 stories are supposed to be funny. Most of the time. Imagine them read aloud & you'll see.) All best wishes & good luck with your Ivory Gate / George Garrett.".

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Magic Striptease [Inscribed and Signed]

Publisher

Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY

Publication Date

1973

Language

English

ISBN 10

0385050348

ISBN 13

9780385050340

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good-

Signed

Signed by Author(s)

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A collection of three novellas, The Magic Striptease, ranges in moods from comic to grim. The title story is of Jacob Quirk a talented mimic, who is able to transform himself into anyone and anything, including a postman, cop, laundryman, and crook. The second story, The Noise of Strangers, tells the story of Sheriff Jack Riddle, and his struggle to determine justice and regulate the law. The final story, The Satyr Shall Cry is told with multiple viewpoints, and illustrates a grisly double murder in Paradise Springs, Florida.

About the Author

George Garrett lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his wife, Susan. His numerous books include novels, such as The King of Babylon Shall Not Come Against You, Death of the Fox, and Do, Lord, Remember Me; poetry collections, most recently Days of Our Lives Lie in Fragments; and works of criticism, short fiction, and biography. Among his many honors are the Rome Prize and the T. S. Eliot Award. He is Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing, Emeritus, at the University of Virginia.

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