The Locusts Have No King Tapa blanda - 1990

Steerforth Pr, 1990T. paperback. Good. 1.0000 7.9000 5.2000.

Yarrow Press, January 1990. Trade Paperback. Very Good-. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Steerforth Pr, 1990. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In the literary circles of Powell's (1897-1965) post-WW II Manhattan, "art is a cigarette ad," money and insincerity go hand-in-hand, a friend is an opportunity to talk about oneself,stet comma for clarity/pk and the word identifying what lovers do for each other is "punish." Frederick Olliver, a poor and introverted medievalist, loves Lyle Gaynor, married socialite and successful playwright. But each mistakes every offer of affection for malice, and eventually takes on the worst aspects of the other's character, reversing socioeconomic standing as well. This long-out-of-print novel, first published in 1948, displays Powell's ear for incriminating dialogue and gift for comic exaggeration, but her pacing is as inexorable as that of a factory, mass-producing ironic situations until the reader is no longer amused. The… Leer más

Yarrow Pr. Used - Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Yarrow Press, 1990. Softcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Trade paperback. Introduction by John Guare. Front wrap with a shallow creased tear at bottom edge, spine and part of rear wrap slightly sunned, very good. Considered one of Powell's best New York novels, a satirical tale of gold-digging, lost love and literary rivalry in Greenwich Village.