Ward Peter Author (8 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Anchor Bks Edition, April 2005. 509 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Synopsis: Tom Bradby's third novel (though his first to be published in the U.S.) is a feverish work of historical noir, a labyrinthine thriller set in a viciou s world where everyone--as in Bogart's Casablanca--has a reason for hiding. The year is 1926; the city is Shanghai, a swamp of organized crime, corrup tion, turf wars between British intelligence and street- level law enforceme nt, Communist sympathizers, and East European refugees from Bolshevik atroc ities. Into this sweltering, cutthroat port city steps Richard Field, an id ealistic policeman from Yorkshire looking to distance himself from a painfu l past. Ill-suited to Shanghai's heat and shocking violence, Field neverthe less throws himself into investigating the grisly murder of a Russian prost itute, the latest in a line of dead women who lived in the orbit of a power ful Chinese mobster. Slowed by official roadblocks, Field learns that the o nly man in his department he can trust is a tough Chicago detective, Capris i, a touchstone of sanity even as Field loses his rookie head over another doomed Russian call girl. Bradby, a seasoned correspondent for Britain's ITN television network, has obviously spent considerable time researching 1920s Shanghai. His feel for the city's Byzantine society and exotic textures is matched by his accessible vision of Shanghai as a junction of international fallout and internal intrigue. Less compelling, if not outright distracting, is Bradby's more contemporary emphasis on ghastly serial killings with a sex- crime edge. But in the end, the book's remarkable prose and density of experience are uniquely rewarding. --Tom Keogh. Peter Mendelsund (Cover Design); Robin Matthews (Author Photo); Jeffrey L. Ward (Map Design) (illustrator).…

Condition: Brand New. 160 pages. 5.83x0.79x8.27 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 643 pp. Solidly bound copy and dj with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Over-sized and/ or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/ or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request. Peter Ward (Design); Roderick Field (Jacket Illustration and Author Photo) (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 320 pages. 7.75x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 400 pages. 9.21x6.14x9.21 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 400 pages. 9.21x6.14x9.21 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 400 pages. 9.21x6.14x9.21 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 400 pages. 9.21x6.14x9.21 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.