BLOOD'S A ROVER
by Ellroy, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. The third volume in Ellroy's "Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy" is set in Summer, 1968, with Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy dead, with Chicago preparing for an explosive Democratic National Convention. Three men are on collision course as they pursue a leftist shadow woman named Joan Rosen Klein. Dwight Holly, J. Edgar Hoover's pet strong arm man; Wayne Tedrow, ex-cop and heroin runner building a mob gambling mecca in the Dominican Republic; and Don Crutchfield, a young window-peeping private detective too close to right wing assassins and left wing revolutionaries. All of them will pay a savage price in their race for the Red Goddess. An unread copy signed by Ellroy on the title page. A very collectable copy.
Synopsis
James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. His L.A. Quartet novels— The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz —were international best sellers. His novel American Tabloid was Time magazine’s Best Book (fiction) of 1995; his memoir, My Dark Places, was a Time Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Notable Book for 1996. His novel The Cold Six Thousand was a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book for 2001. Ellroy lives in Los Angeles.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004488
- Title
- BLOOD'S A ROVER
- Author
- Ellroy, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- CRIME, HISTORICAL MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, POLITICS, 1968, NOIR,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Intrigue; Crime; Historical Mystery;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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