The Lost Get-Back Boogie
by Burke, James Lee
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0807113344
- ISBN 13
- 9780807113349
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Baton Rogue: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Burke on the title page. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($16.95), faintly rubbed at the back panel. Green boards with orange ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Burke's Pultizer Prize-nominated novel that travels from southern Louisiana to Montana as two ex-cons try to move on from their sordid pasts.
Synopsis
Burke's novel tells the story of Iry Paret, paroled for manslaughter, and trying to rebuild his life in a quiet Montana ranch owned by a friend's father, Frank Riordan. However, Frank is trying to shut down the local toilet paper mill, the number one cause of pollution in the town, as well as the number one employer! Can Iry avoid the eye of the sherrif and not earn the enmity of the town?
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3854
- Title
- The Lost Get-Back Boogie
- Author
- Burke, James Lee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0807113344
- ISBN 13
- 9780807113349
- Publisher
- Louisiana State University Press
- Place of Publication
- Baton Rogue
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Mystery, Detective Novel, New Orleans
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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