Sudden Death / First Printing

Brown, Rita Mae

ISBN 10: 0553050370 / ISBN 13: 9780553050370

Published by Bantam Books, 1983

About this Item

Hardcover, 8.5" X 5.25", 241 pages, Condition: Fine, due to light rubbing to board edges, and dust jacket being in NF condition, otherwise Unread, Tight Binding, Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, due to wear to all points and edges, small spot where top layer of brown DJ cover is missing and showing white underpay, not torn, (assumed) First Edition being a First Printing with the Full # print line 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 as printed on copyright page, Original $13.95 price Not clipped,**Check out the complete list in my "Rita Mae Brown" Catalog in my Storefront, Thanks.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1691958676568

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sudden Death / First Printing
• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553050370
• ISBN 13: 9780553050370
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Rita Mae Brown
  • Gay/LGBTQ Fiction
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Carmen, the leading player on the professional women's tennis circuit, finds her chances for winning the Grand Slam threatened when news of her relationship with Harriet, a college professor, causes scandal

From the Publisher

Outrageous, irrepressible and endlessly entertaining, the bestselling author of Rubyfruit Jungle and Bingo spins a behind-the-scenes tale of women's professional tennis that dramtically intertwines the heart-stopping excitement of competition and the lingering heartache of intimate human bonds. Carmen Semanan loves three things passionalty: tennis, money and professor Harriet Rawls. Just twenty-four, Carmen is at her peak as one of the world's top-seeded tennis champions, determined to win the coveted Grand Slam. She is protected from everything but the grueling demands of her sport by an avericious agent and her devoted gusty Harriet. All the odds are in her favor. But there are weeds growing in her paradise patch. Carmen's vey latin brother, Miguel, parlays her succes into a financial house of cards with deals that include smuggling, forgery, and fraud. Susan Reilly, Carmen's archrival and former lover, leaks word of Carms's relationship with Harriet to the press--and tennis's best-kept secret is blown into a front-page scandal. From the French Open to Wimbledon, jealousies, ambitions and passions are set to explode. Now, with everything she cherishes on the line, Carmen must test the true depths of her feelings-both on and off the court.

"If you thought Nora Ephron's Heartburn has cornered the market on true hearbreak, thinly veiled, make room for Sudden Death. . . .it not only chops the stars of women's professional tennis down to size; it tackles the whole pro tennis establishment."--The Washington Post.