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The Falls
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Bibliographic Details
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Jacket condition: Fine
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 075282130X
- ISBN 13: 9780752821306
- Publisher: Orion
- Place: London
- Date published: 2001
Book Description
London: Orion, 2001. This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's blue cloth with silver title lettering to the spine,in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has no chips or tears.Not price clipped and the book has one previous ownership inscription present on the ffep.Lovely clean copy internally with no tanning to page edges,and no leaning or rolling to spine,thick 8vo 399pp First Edition.In terms of crime fiction, the Rebus novels are of the 'police procedural' type, though they can also be seen in the tradition of Georges Simenon's Maigret, where the focus is not just on crime and criminals but on the detective's everyday details. So we learn about Rebus's uneasy relationship with his family, his occasional affairs, heavy drinking, and tastes in rock music (about which he makes good jokes). Rebus spends much time people-watching in bars, cafes and restaurants. He considers moral grey areas, and asks what makes people do bad things. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 5¾" - 7¾" Tall.
Book summary
Scottish Detective Inspector John Rebus heads deep into Edinburgh's noirish underground as he searches for the missing daughter of a powerful banker.
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