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Dante's Numbers - 1st Edition/1st Impression
by Hewson, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0230529356
- ISBN 13
- 9780230529359
- Seller
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About This Item
London: MacMillan. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0230529356 . A captivating first edition/first Impression in Near Fine condition with lightly soiled fore edge in Fine dust wrapper. SIGNED by author David Hewson directly on the title page; is a story about a young boy who has a talent for math and science. When his teacher assigns a project to find the Fibonacci sequence in a set of numbers, Dante is intrigued and decides to try and figure it out himself. He soon becomes obsessed with the sequence and the mysteries it holds. Along the way, he meets a colorful cast of characters who help him learn more about himself and the world around him.; A Nic Costa Crime Novel; 8vo; 406 pages; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
It was a warm, golden evening in Rome--a night filled with anticipation. A legendary director was premiering his new film version of Dante's Inferno. From around the world, celebrities gathered at the Villa Borghese as the paparazzi thronged among them. But within moments the event was in chaos. A man was dead. The film's star was missing--and a priceless relic had vanished. In David Hewson's masterful new novel of suspense, Detective Nic Costa, numb from the recent death of his wife, finds himself and his fellow detectives drawn into a strange and terrifying limbo--the first of Dante's nine circles of Hell.While Dante had Beatrice as his guide, Nic Costa has an enigmatic beauty of his own: a bored American film actress named Maggie Flavier who decides that Costa, and no one else, is suited for the job of protecting her from the danger surrounding the film. As the premiere shifts locations--from Rome to San Francisco--Costa leaves Europe for the first time in his life, and is pulled from his grief and ambivalence by Maggie Flavier and the city by the bay. Fortunately his fellow detectives are under no such spell. Charged with protecting a trove of rare Italian artworks and artifacts, they are also joining the hunt for a killer who has struck twice again, leaving behind a tableau of clues that range from Dante's deadly cycle of numbers to the films of Alfred Hitchcock.Now, with Maggie herself in danger, Nic must throw off the fog of wonder and infatuation he feels in the presence of this beautiful woman in all her guises. But it may already be too late. As evidence points to connections deep within the Italian Mafia, and the Roman policemen do battle with a celluloid culture they cannot quite comprehend, a killer's chilling plot is closing in around them--guided by a poet's medieval vision of sin and punishment, planned with a modern genius for revenge....From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25060
- Title
- Dante's Numbers - 1st Edition/1st Impression
- Author
- Hewson, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0230529356
- ISBN 13
- 9780230529359
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons YuSon, Cons YuSon, Fiction
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