Nobody Lives Forever by Burnett, W. R - 1943

New York: Knopf, 1943. Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full light gray cloth. All panels are stamped in dark gray. Dark gray topstain. 243pps. Stated First Edition. There is faint dustspotting to the cloth and light tanning to the endpapers due to the binder's glue. Otherwise quite clean, square, and soundly bound. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The dust jacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has moderate edgewear comprised of shallow chipping at the head of the spine and a few closed tears and wrinkles; no sunning or fading. The original price (2.50) is intact. In all a presentable -- and somewhat scarce -- collector's-quality copy, nicely jacketed. This novel was made by Warner Brothers into a <i>film noire</i> (1945) starring John Garfield and Geraldine Fitzgerald.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...This should be ranked among Burnett's best novels -- an underworld story with a difference, which relates in terse, economical prose the adventures of a big-time swindler, who starts a carefully organized campaign to swindle a rich, unworldly widow and becomes entangled in a tragic situation impossible to foresee.<br> Strange characters people the story: a derelict doctor, brilliant but warped; Pop Gruber, the telescope man, who acts as a clearing-house for underworld information; Windy, ex-wrestler and strong-arm guy, a grotesque; Shakespeare Thomas, a criminal who has spent over half his life in jail, reading everything but understanding nothing; Toni Blackburn, a gorgeous, predatory redhead; and many others from both underworld and upperworld.<br> This is a story of crime, lust, love, and adventure -- Burnett at his best -- hard-hitting, full of suspense, gripping..."</b></font><br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Book images can be emailed upon request. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. 45-C. First Edition. Cloth.