New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0395665698 . A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Robert Stone directly on the title page; This novel tells the story of a small Midwestern town that finds itself in the middle of a conspiracy. The townspeople are led to believe that an ancient and powerful Islamic sect is planning to take over the world, and they must find the proof before it's too late.; 8vo; Signed by Author .

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With soaring vision and profound intelligence, Robert Stone has written a harrowing, breathtaking novel about our desperate search, at any price, for the consolation of redemption - and about the people who are all too willing to provide it. A violent confrontation in the Gaza Strip, a mind-altering pilgrimage, a race through riot-filled Jerusalem streets, a cat-and-mouse game in an underground maze, a desperate attempt to prevent a bomb from detonating beneath the Temple Mount - Damascus Gate is an exhilarating journey through the moral and religious ambiguities that haunt the holiest of cities and its seekers, cynics, hustlers, and madmen. Set in Jerusalem, where violence, ecstasy, heresy, and salvation are all to be found, Damascus Gate is simultaneously the story of a man's search for truth - or some version of it - and the story of a city where sanity is casually traded for faith.

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Bookseller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 18076
Title: Damascus Gate - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author: Stone, Robert
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10: 0395665698
ISBN 13: 9780395665695
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1998
Keywords: Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons Strang

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