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New York:: Harper Perennial,, (2010). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. Award-winning writer's highly praised first novel. "Hoping to outpace her grief in the wake of her father's suicide, Marina has come to the small, rural Japanese town of Shika to teach English for a year. But in Japan, as… Read more about this item

New York:: Harper Collins,, (2022). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The author's highly praised first novel, finalist for the Golden Poppy Award, and longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, set in Texas in the 1970's and 1990s, the story of a fierce woman and the… Read more about this item

New York:: Atlantic Monthly Press,, (2003). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The first novel by this award-winning Trinidadian-born British writer, originally published in the UK under the title "Sun Dog." Publisher's Weekly described it as "An imaginative fable grounded in realistic detail, which follows the metamorphosis of… Read more about this item

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1989.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Uncommon first edition of the only book published during Christopher's lifetime, but through his teaching, mentorship, and friendships, he had a lasting impact on writers Harry Crews, Gordon Lish, and Chuck Palahniuk among others. The NY Times called… Read more about this item

New York:: The Viking Press,, (1974.). Hardcover -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. 3rd printing. Southern author's comic first novel, the story of a "hypereducated thirty year old med student who would like nothing better than to be taken seriously sexually." 280 pp.

Boston:: Little Brown,, 1996.. First edition -. Near fine in illustrated wrappers (L stamped on first page and inside back cover) . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Author's first novel, a story of young love run amok. 308 pp.

New Milford, CT and London:: The Toby Press,, (2008). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The author's first novel "a captivating downhill ride through the alleys and clubs of LA's 1948 bebop scene, crafting a fascinating antihero who will do just about anything to keep his fingers on the… Read more about this item

New York:: Arbor House,, (1985.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in very near fine dust jacket (spine of dj slightly toned).. First US printing. The author's first novel, winner of The London Times/Jonathan Cape Young Writer's Award, the story of an extraordinary friendship between a young boy and a wise black Jamaican woman hired to care… Read more about this item

New York:: Doubleday,, (2023). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author's first novel, a story within a story which is satirical, thought-provoking and a brutal send-up of Hollywood. "Broke English teacher Penelope Schleeman is as surprised as anyone when her feminist novel 'American Mermaid' becomes a bestseller. Lured by the promise… Read more about this item

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1978.. Hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 3rd printing, just one month after the first. The author's first novel, set in New York City, the story of an unexpected affair between a married woman and a married man. 215 pp.

Boston:: Little Brown,, (1965). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket ( toning to the dj ). First printing. The first novel by the author best known for the National Book Award nominee, "The Death of the Detective." A psychological thriller, this is the story of two hitmen who have been hired… Read more about this item

New York:: Doubleday,, (1999). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.). First printing. The first novel by this author who was born in Canada but grew up in India. Opening in 1937 in India, it is set "against the backdrop of changing Anglo-Indian relations; sometimes the political bleeds into the personal, as the… Read more about this item

New York:: The Viking Press,, (1972). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a good dust jacket (price-clipped) . First US printing. Award-winning - and rather prolific - British author's first novel, set in Rome, the story of a young American painter driven to a crime passionel and then to a series of subterfuges to avoid the… Read more about this item

New York:: Black Cat/Grove Atlantic Press, New York,, (2021). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps. . First printing, a trade paperback original. The author's first book of short fiction, a collection of interrelated stories which use humor to shed light on the lives of farmworkers in California's central valley and also on the… Read more about this item

New York:: Black Cat/Grove Atlantic Press, New York,, (2021). SIGNED -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. 5th printing, a trade paperback original. The author's first book of short fiction, a collection of interrelated stories which use humor to shed light on the lives of farmworkers in California's central valley and also on the life of a young boy as… Read more about this item

New York:: Harper Collins,, (1998). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author's first novel, a "mystery that doubles as an exhilarating expedition to the edges of the world. . . An invitation from a dead man propels a Chicago plumber on a perilous journey from blue-collar America to the exotic Far… Read more about this item

New York:: Harcourt Brace & Company,, (1997). Very good (light creases to covers. no spine creasing). 1st trade paperback printing. The author's very highly praised first book, a novel about two young people, both looking for a new start in life, who meet at a hotel in San Francisco's Tenderloin district - "the story of two perfectly normal,… Read more about this item

New York:: Washington Square Press Books,, (1989). Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. 1st trade paperback printing. The author's first novel, told entirely in letters and postcards, the story of "love and separation - spanning two continents and the lifetime of a marriage." Pat Conroy called it "pure magic." 240 pp.

New York:: Riverhead Books,, 1996.. SIGNED first edition -. Near fine in glossy white wrappers (bottom edge of textblock bumped near spine, no creasing, appears unread.). Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) His first book, a collection of ten interconnected short stories set in his native Domenican Republic and in the immigrant community in New Jersey. The… Read more about this item

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1996.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The highly praised first novel (and second book, preceded by a collection of short stories) by a writer who was selected as a regional Granta novelist - a book which "reverberates between postwall Berlin and Milwaukee." 323 pp.