Synopsis
In "Death Before Bedtime," dashing P.R. man Peter Sargent is invited to the home of a venerable senator to help strategize his imminent run for president. On the night before he s to announce, though, the senator is murdered in his bed. No longer needed as a political publicist, Sargent finds himself helping the police find the killer. He deftly navigates an eccentric cast of characters, all of whom are suspects: the rebellious daughter; the sycophantic aide; the grieving widow; and the power-hungry governor with his eye on the senator s job. Somehow, between charming the senator s daughter and glad-handing Washington s elite, Sargent still manages to methodically put the pieces into place and sees that politics truly is a cut-throat business."
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Review
"Clever and lively." --Anthony Boucher, "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"
Clever and lively. Anthony Boucher, "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""
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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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover 1979 Heinemann reprint in excellent, unmarked, next-to-pristine condition, with VG dust jacket (slight wear, one tiny suface nick--protected by a clear, removeable cover). 161 pages. [12oz]. Book. Seller Inventory # 50509
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Reissue, 1979. First published in 1953. Dust jacket slightly worn at edges with foxed flaps. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket. Seller Inventory # BOOKS049196I
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. hardback reprint, slight browning, text clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Good dustwrapper, wrapper dges rubbed and slightly frayed. ISBN: 0434082511. Seller Inventory # 34498
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Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
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Hardback. Reprint. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 161pages. Peter Cutler Sargeant II continues his career as an amateur sleuth. The second book in the series by Gore Vidal writing as Edgar Box. Seller Inventory # 325960