Skin Tight (Signed First Edition)

Hiaasen, Carl

ISBN 10: 0399134891 / ISBN 13: 9780399134890

Published by G.P. Putnam, New York, 1989

About this Item

8vo.,319pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight, and clean throughout with little or no wear. Pages edges mildly toning. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($18.95), is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. Signed by the author on the half-title page, A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.

Seller Inventory # 014145

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Skin Tight (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam, New York
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399134891
• ISBN 13: 9780399134890
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed/Inscribed
  • Mystery/Suspense/Crime Drama

About this title

Synopsis

Near fine in very good dust jacket (light toning to edges of textblock, some creasing and minor wear to dj, original price of 18 Hardcover first edition - New York:: Putnam, , (1989). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (light toning to edges of textblock, some creasing and minor wear to dj, original price of 18.95 still present). First printing. The third Florida based thriller from this highly praised author: Hillerman called him "the Mark Twain of the crime novel" and Elmore Leonard described this book as "the funniest I've read in a long,long time." In this book, he skewers the cosmetic surgery industry. 339 pp.

Reviews

Hiaasen's latest thriller is his funniest and sharpest novel to date. Set in a south Florida swarming with ripoff artists, crooked cops, nude sunbathers and corrupt politicians, it features a Mafia-connected plastic surgeon with butterfingers, a bitchy Hollywood starlet, a remarkably inept hit man and a pompous TV journalist "nationally famous for getting beaten up on camera." Retired state investigator Mick Stranahan, the hero, kills an intruder in his seaside house on stilts by impaling him with a trophy spearfish. Then one of his five ex-wives is found drowned. Due to an unresolved missing-person case, someone wants Stranahan eliminated, and his efforts to flush out the mixed bag of bad guys let Hiaasen ( Tourist Season ; Double Wham my ) display his manic sense of humor at every turn. The cynical sleuth has just the right mix of sour and smarts to get a fix on a mad world. This wickedly amusing story is the work of a keen satirist who off-handedly exposes the moral rot at every level of society. 50,000 first printing; $50,000 ad/promo; Literary Guild, Mystery Guild and Doubleday Book Club alternates.
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