Synopsis
Soon after Peter Sargeant assumes the public relations duties of a ballet company his job becomes complicated by anti-Communist pickets and the onstage murder of the leading ballerina in this inside look at the not-sowonderful world of ballet
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Review
Classic. . . . The forerunner of the mod-and-sex mystery. . . Presented with perception and verisimilitude. Dorothy B. Hughes, Los Angeles Times
The case of the missing author is over. Gore Vidal has emerged from behind the facade of Edgar Box. The New Republic
Terse and lively. . . . Balletomanes will relish the book. The New York Times"
"Classic. . . . The forerunner of the mod-and-sex mystery. . . Presented with perception and verisimilitude." --Dorothy B. Hughes, Los Angeles Times
About the Author
Gore Vidal is the author of twenty-three novels, five plays, two memoirs, numerous screenplays and short stories, and well over two hundred essays. His United States: Essays, 1952-1992 received the National Book Award.
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Death in the Fifth Position
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1979
ISBN 10: 0394740548
ISBN 13: 9780394740546
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Condition: Good. First Thus. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 52664584-75
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Death in the Fifth Position
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Death in the Fifth Position
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ISBN 10: 0394740548
ISBN 13: 9780394740546
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Death in the Fifth Position (Vintage Mystery, V-54)
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0394740548I5N00
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Death in the Fifth Position (Vintage Mystery, V-54)
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Random House, New York, NY, 1979
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ISBN 13: 9780394740546
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. A 1970s reprint of an early 1950s mystery written by GoreVidal under the Edgar Box pseudonym. Vintage V-54. As public relations man for a new ballet company, Peter Cutler Sargeant III finds his job rather more complicated when a dancer is killed on stage. Light edge wear. A very good or better copy. Seller Inventory # 007845
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DEATH IN THE FIFTH POSITION (5th)
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Vintage Book Pub.;.RANDOM HOUSE 1979,OCTOBER, NY, 1979
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. VERY GOOD CONDITION,.bit clear tape back cover; black titles on tan paper cover.showing B&W DRAWING OF YOUNG GIRL & LARGE ROPE, DEAD ON WOODEN DANCE FLOOR.BALLERINA SHOES. ***NOTE; THIS IS NOT THE SIGNET OLD BOOK COVER, BUT 1979 is very correct date.*** ; 144 pages; when a rising star in the company is killed during the performancedropped from thirty feet above the stage, crashing to her death in a perfect fifth positionSargent has a real case on his hands. Seller Inventory # 138217