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
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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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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Later Edition. 2nd printing, with complete number line beginning with 2. Originally published in 1952 when Vidal had been blacklisted and needed a new name to write under. A fine, unread copy in dust jacket. Peter Cutler Sargeant III is a NYC press agent hired by the Grand Saint Petersburg Ballet in hopes that he can put a positive spin on the company's celebrated choreographer Jed Wilbur, one time member of the Communist Party. Set during the time of HUAC and the blacklists, Communist ties quickly become secondary to murder, and our PR man finds himself an amateur detective intimately mixed up with various members of the troupe. Book. Seller Inventory # 021296