New York: Doubleday, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. LaPierre, Dominique. CITY OF JOY. Signed. New York: Doubleday, 1985. First Edition of Dominique LaPierre's highly-acclaimed account of Mother Teresa's India and Anand Nagar, 'The City Of Joy', an impoverished district of Calcutta, Signed by him on the half-title page. "With love/D. LaPierre". Translated from the French by Kathryn Spink. 8vo. 461 pp. A fine copy in 1/4 black cloth over red paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh neatly price-clipped dustwrapper. Adapted into the 1992 Roland Joffe directed film with Patrick Swayze. ''The City of Joy really needs weeks, if not months, of intimate reading". The New York Times.

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Bookseller: TBCL The Book Collection Library (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 32310
Title: CITY OF JOY. Inscribed
Author: LaPierre,Dominique
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Doubleday
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1985
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