Desperate Characters Tapa dura - 1985

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Penguin Publishing Group, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin Publishing Group, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York. 1988. September 1988. Viking Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0670823996. 99 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Geoffrey Gove. keywords: Poetry America Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The jazzy, 70-page novelette-in-verse that comprises this book's title poem will strike some readers as deliciously chic, while others may find it an insipid joke that quickly palls. Transported to Hollywood, the anonymous narrator gets mixed up with Stella, hostess-cum-bodyguard who packs a revolver under her pink kimono, and with her ex-boyfriend, bighearted circus performer Rocco the Human Cannonball, fond of spinach and Charlie Parker saxophone riffs. Featuring a flimsy, ridiculous plot, bizarre characters, frenzied sex and the ever-present buzz of Los Angeles, this verse narrative burlesques Raymond Chandler's detective fiction, surrealist novels and classical odes. The language occasionally rises to beautiful heights, but the story is ultimately pointless. The remainder… Leer más

New York: Viking, 1988. 1st . Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. ISBN: 0-670-82399-6. Only real fault: remainder mk across fore-edge.Blurbs: James Merrill, Howard Moss Neil Stuart dj. near fine, fine dj, red cloth w/ charcoal bds. Tight 99 pgs

New York: Viking. Nearly fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1988. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 99 pp., Light spotting to the top edge of the text block .

New York. 1988. September 1988. Viking Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0670823996. 99 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Geoffrey Gove. keywords: Poetry America Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The jazzy, 70-page novelette-in-verse that comprises this book's title poem will strike some readers as deliciously chic, while others may find it an insipid joke that quickly palls. Transported to Hollywood, the anonymous narrator gets mixed up with Stella, hostess-cum-bodyguard who packs a revolver under her pink kimono, and with her ex-boyfriend, bighearted circus performer Rocco the Human Cannonball, fond of spinach and Charlie Parker saxophone riffs. Featuring a flimsy, ridiculous plot, bizarre characters, frenzied sex and the ever-present buzz of Los Angeles, this verse narrative burlesques Raymond Chandler's detective fiction, surrealist novels and classical odes. The language occasionally rises to beautiful heights, but the story is ultimately pointless. The remainder… Leer más

(New York): Viking, (1988).. (1988).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is very lightly rubbed. xi & 99 pages. Near fine. <p>First edition.

[New York]: Viking 1988. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. 99 pages. Near Fine copy with a remainder mark to the fore-edge in Near Fine Dust Wrapper. See Photos bx 263

New York: Viking Press, 1988. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 99 pages. A clean very near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a near fine dust jacket with a small faint shadow to the verso from an old dust jacket protector.