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Signed first edition hardcover with dust jacket. Very minimal shelf wear. Stupendous condition.

Signed first edition hardcover with dust jacket. Ink spot on top side of text block. Some damage to the dust jacket near the crown of the spine. Minimal shelf wear.

I love America, so it enrages me—if I didn't, I wouldn't be so angry, nor would I make America my subject." Fueled by this incandescent fury, Robert Stone's fiction combined the taut storytelling of thrillers with writing of often hallucinatory intensity, earning the praise of such novelists as Philip Roth, Joyce Carol Oates, and Jonathan Lethem. This volume brings together for the first time three of his greatest novels, masterpieces of physical and moral extremity that brilliantly capture the desperate underside of American life in the 1970s and 80s.
In Dog Soldiers (1974) a wartime scheme to smuggle three kilos of heroin from Saigon to California draws in John Converse, a disillusioned and fearful journalist no longer bound by "moral objections"; Marge, his disaffected, opiate-addicted wife; and his friend Ray Hicks, a former marine and student of Zen who lives by his own warrior code. Their plot is overtaken by Antheil, a corrupt drug "regulatory agent," setting in motion a deadly chase from… Read More

Signed first edition hardcover with dust jacket. As new condition.
This is a signed first edition hardcover copy of Grift Sense by James Swain, complete with dust jacket. The book is a work of fiction that falls into the genres of thrillers/suspense, mystery and detective. The author's narrative skills and the book's general theme are sure to keep readers engaged throughout its 320 pages.

Signed first edition hardcover with dust jacket. Vendor sticker on the back cover. Binding tight. As new.
This hardcover book titled "Evening News: A Novel" by Marly Swick is a great piece of fiction. It was published by Little, Brown & Company in 1999. The book is signed by the author and comes with a dust jacket. You will truly enjoy reading this novel that tells an intriguing story about life and society. It is a great addition to any literature collection and would make an excellent gift to a book lover.