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Sydney: Knopf. 2007. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Flat signed by the author on the title page. 432 pages. An exploration of obsession and of the nature of secrecy set in Tasmania, China and Canberra from a two-time Miles Franklin Award winning author. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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- Title The Memory Room
- Author C. J. Koch
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Knopf Publishing Group, Sydney
- Date 2007
- ISBN 9781741667295 / 1741667291
- Library of Congress subjects Spy stories, Intelligence officers
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008353754
- Dewey Decimal Code 823.914
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Knopf, Sydney, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Signed by Author. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 432 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Deckled edges (rough cut). 'What is a spy? Are they born, or are they made?' With these words, Vincent Austin analyses his future occupation. Some spies are made, he says, but his kind are born - since he is devoted to secrecy for its own sake. The events in this absorbing novel take place in the final phase of the Cold War, but they are highly relevant for today, and Christopher Koch's widely admired prose style gives them a contemporary freshness. The aims of "The Memory Room" go far beyond those of a thriller. A psychological portrait of a brilliant but eccentric spy, it…
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