Isbn: 9780393024708 - The Mournful Demeanour of Lieutenant Boruvka (6 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York. 1987. Norton. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0393024709. Translated from the Czech by Rosemary Kavan. Kaca Polackova & George Theiner. 288 pages. hardcover. Jacket Design By Linda Kosarin. keywords: Europe Czech Literature Translated Eastern Europe Mystery World Literature. DESCRIPTION - The first in a series of linked detective tales featuring a highly intelligent member of the Czechoslovak police force and his agreeable colleagues. Many of the tales are delightful parodies of 'standard' mysteries, and most are set in the author's native Czechoslovakia. Lieutenant Boruvka himself is splendidly realized - a pensive, conscience-stricken man driven to melancholy by the fiendish truths of murder, yet always wide awake to the strange methods of murder he encounters. Twelve bizarre plots involve theatrical people or musicians, and one concerns a band of mountaineers. Its solution reveals pent-up emotions of love, jealousy, and envy. Other cases involve blackmail, apparent suicide, and unusual trajectories for weapons - a wealth of gruesome circumstances, The entire book is intended to be read as a continuous account; in the last tale, the reader learns the secret of Boruvka's past. This unusual volume introduces the sad lieutenant and his developing fortunes to all who relish ingenious puzzles. inventory #26011.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Advance Reading Copy/Proof.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 1st American edition, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. (Originally published in Prague in 1966). From the internationally acclaimed writer Josef Skvorecky we now have the first in a series of linked detective tales featuring a highly intelligent member of the Czechoslovak police force and his agreeable colleagues. Many of the tales are delightful parodies of "standard" mysteries, and most are set in the author's native Czechoslovakia. Lieutenant Boruvka himself is splendidly realized -- a pensive, conscience-stricken man driven to melancholy by the fiendish truths of murder, yet always wide awake to the strange methods of murder he encounters. Twelve bizarre plots involve theatrical people or musicians, and one concerns a band of mountaineers. Its solution reveals pent-up emotions of love, jealousy, and envy. Other cases involve blackmail, apparent suicide, and unusual trajectories for weapons -- a wealth of gruesome circumstances, The entire book is intended to be read as a continuous account; in the last tale, the reader learns the secret of Boruvka's past. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. The Mournful Demeanour of Lieutenant Boruvka by Josef Skvorecky 1st U.S Ed. A tight bright unread copy. A bright dust jacket. Not price-clipped. First American edition. First printing 1-9 number row. Originally published as "Smutek porucika Boruvky" Prague, 1966. (First English edition Gollanz, UK). Rosemary Kavan(Translator) Kaca Polackova(Translator) George Theiner(Translator) (illustrator). BOOK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. First edition. Minor wear on the covers, corners, and the edges. Like shelf wear. May contain some writing and or highlighting within the pages and covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket.