New York: Bantam Books, 1978. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. A collection of eleven Rendell short stories, most originally published in the 1970s in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, all exhibiting Rendell's special talent as a crime writer. Text is clean, unmarked, tight, with a slight spine lean and a touch of age-tanning; the pictorial wrappers show only minimal surface and edgewear, no significant flaws.

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A stranger lures a child into his car with the promise of sweets. A young man spots his fianc??s double in a public park of ill repute. An executive visits the secluded home of a former employee whose intentions are frightfully unclear. A modest soul weds the woman he rescues from suicide--only to fall victim to an unfathomable form of possessiveness?. In the eleven tales gathered in The Fallen Curtain, Ruth Rendell lays bare the twisted inner workings of the unbalanced mind.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Bookseller: H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004250
Title: THE FALLEN CURTAIN
Author: Rendell, Ruth
Format/Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good to Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Printing, First Edition Thus.
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0553108786
ISBN 13: 9780553108781
Publisher: Bantam Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1978
Keywords: MYSTERY, SHORT STORIES, FIRST EDITION, CRIME, SUSPENSE, ENGLAND
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery; Crime; England;

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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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