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Silks
by Francis, Dick & Francis, Felix. Francis, Felix
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/F/F.
- ISBN 10
- 0718154576
- ISBN 13
- 9780718154578
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. UK.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2008* Publisher: Michael Joseph.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, silver title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal spine lean. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustration to dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £18.99. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to bottom edge and to tail of spine. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright. Very lightly used, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 368 pp. text. xi pp. blank at rear.* Description: Julian Trent is found guilty of a violent unprovoked attack on an innocent family and a charge of attempted murder. Geoffrey Mason his defence barrister who does not like him is unhappy about the sentence he receives. Mason is a part-time jockey and when he dons his racing silks and travels to Sandown a fellow rider is savagely killed. Mason becomes involved -- and finds all the various aspects of his life coalescing in a lethal fashion. This is the second novel co-written with his son Felix.* A FINE copy of the 1st. edition 1st impression with minimal wear.*
Synopsis
"A rare and exquisite story...Transports you out of time, out of place, into a world you can feel on your very skin." -Elizabeth Gilbert In the sweeping tradition of The English Patient , Janice Y.K. Lee's debut novel is a tale of love and betrayal set in war-torn Hong Kong. In 1942, Englishman Will Truesdale falls headlong into a passionate relationship with Trudy Liang, a beautiful Eurasian socialite. But their affair is soon threatened by the invasion of the Japanese as World War II overwhelms their part of the world. Ten years later, Claire Pendleton comes to Hong Kong to work as a piano teacher and also begins a fateful affair. As the threads of this spellbinding novel intertwine, impossible choices emerge-between love and safety, courage and survival, the present, and above all, the past.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3969
- Title
- Silks
- Author
- Francis, Dick & Francis, Felix. Francis, Felix
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/F.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Edition, 1st. Imp..
- ISBN 10
- 0718154576
- ISBN 13
- 9780718154578
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London UK. 368
- Date Published
- 2008-09-04
- Keywords
- Adventure, Adventure / thriller, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Fiction / Action & Adventure, Fiction, General, Crime & Thriller
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime, Thrillers & Mystery;
- Size
- 23.6 x 16.2 x 3.6 cm
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About Cocksparrow Books
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