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"Damned Shall be Desire" is a fictionalized biography of the great French writer, Guy de Maupassant by Stephen Coulter. Guy de Maupassant was, to quote the dust-jacket blurb, ". more flamboyant and tragic than any of his stories or novels. . In Stephen Coulter's remarkable biographical novel the prodigal and prolific Guy de Maupassant springs vividly to life, His countless love affairs with coquettes and countesses his dazzling success as a writer and playwright, his obsessive fear of his loneliness a fear that drove him to his final, tragic doom . de Maupassant's short life blazed so fiercely that it was consumed in its own white-hot fire." **************************************** Coulter was a friend of Ian Fleming, and shared his background in British Naval Intelligence. He helped Fleming with a few background details in Flemings first book, "Casino Royale". Coulter also wrote spy and adventure thrillers, under the pseudonym of James Mayo. His action figure, Charles Hood, was similar to James Bond. TITLE : Damned Shall Be Desire, the Loves of Guy de Maupassant / AUTHOR : Stephen Coulter / IMPRINT : Doubleday and Company / PLACE : Garden City / DATE : 1959 / EDITION : Undesignated early printing, first year of publication / SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES : Dust-jacket & end-papers by Charles Mozley. / STATUS : OP Out of Print / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade hardcover; 333 pages; 5 3/8" x 8 1/4", light green cloth - covered boards with red lettering on spine and front board; dust-jacket with wrap-around color pictorial illustration. ************************************ CONDITION - BOOK : VERY GOOD - JACKET : GOOD - This is a previously owned book which remains clean and serviceable, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR -- Spine extremities are compressed and slightly abraded; barley perceptible weathering about top and bottom edges; else clover clean and bright; text-block edges toned, else clean / BINDING -- Solid / INTERIOR -- Clean and free of marking throughout - no writing no signatures / DUST-JACKET -- Nicking, chipping , small tears and slight loss (to head of spine panel ) - moderate surface rub , abraded folds, ac couple of minute holes - else clean. The whole is protected from further wear by a clear, archival mylar cover. Seller Inventory # 1496
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