THE MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE
by HIJUELOS, Oscar
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love is a 1989 novel by Oscar Hijuelos. It is about the lives of two Cuban brothers and musicians, Cesar and Nestor Castillo, who immigrate to the United States and settle in New York City in the early 1950s. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1990, being the first novel by an American-born Hispanic to do so. It was the basis for a 1992 motion picture, The Mambo Kings, as well as a musical in 2005.
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Details
- Seller
- Charles Agvent (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 005842
- Title
- THE MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE
- Author
- HIJUELOS, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- [New York]
- Date Published
- (1989)
- Keywords
- Modern Firsts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pulitzer Prize; Advance Review Copy;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
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- Pictorial Wraps
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- Advance Review Copy
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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