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TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES
by Lurie, Alison
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670034398
- ISBN 13
- 9780670034390
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Penguin, 2005. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Lurie's eleventh novel is a social satire and commentary on love and life in American academia. After years of happy marriage, Alan MacKenzie's bad back has created a rift between Alan and his wife, Jane. Into that rift, steps Delia Delaney, a beautiful and famous writer, and her demanding and cynical husband, Henry. They alter Alan and Jane's lives forever. First printing, first edition (as stated, with complete numberline). About 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, 232 pages quarter bound in grey cloth over black paper-covered boards with silver lettering on spine and author's initials stamped on front cover. Perhaps a touch of soiling on top edge of text, o/w text and boards are complete, clean and unmarked; binding tight and square, not remaindered. Pictorial dustjacket showing woman reclining on couch on front panel. Dj shows minimal surface wear and edge wear, no tearing, creasing or chipping, not price-clipped. A collectable copy of one of Lurie's best novels.
Synopsis
Over the years, Alison Lurie has earned a devoted readership for her satiric wit and storytelling acumen. With Truth and Consequences , described by the New Yorker as "a comedy of adultery with a comedy of academia thrown in," Lurie returns with a modern social satire that recalls the best of David Lodge and Mary McCarthy as well as her own popular university novels The War Between the Tates and Foreign Affairs . BACKCOVER: "A wily, shapely tale of love's labors lost." - Elle "A wry, insightful, thoroughly enjoyable tale about how men and women choose their demons and their lovers, and the sacrifices they're willing to make for both." - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Delightful . . . Her characters are, as always, wonderfully imperfect." - The New York Review of Books
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005550
- Title
- TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES
- Author
- Lurie, Alison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0670034398
- ISBN 13
- 9780670034390
- Publisher
- Viking Penguin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- MODERN NOVEL, FIRST EDITION, SATIRE, ACADEMIA, COMEDY, ADULTERY,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Novel; Humor; Fine Literature;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
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