Duplicate Keys

SMILEY, Jane

ISBN 10: 0394530659 / ISBN 13: 9780394530659

Published by Knopf, NY, 1984

About this Item

A beautiful, tight, clean unread copy of the first edition of this, the author's third book. Becoming hard to find in this protected condition. An early mystery novel by Smiley won went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for "A Thousand Acres".

Seller Inventory # 010403

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Duplicate Keys
• Publisher: Knopf, NY
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394530659
• ISBN 13: 9780394530659
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • ADDBOOKS10
  • Mystery
  • Firsts

About this title

Synopsis

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres comes a brilliant literary thriller set in Manhattan that's "as taut and chilling as anything Hitchcock put on film" (San Francisco Chronicle). "A first-rate cliffhanger." --The New York Times Book Review

Alice Ellis is a Midwestern refugee living in Manhattan. Still recovering from a painful divorce, she depends on the companionship and camaraderie of tightly knit circle of friends. At the center of this circle is a rock band struggling to navigate New York's erratic music scene, and an apartment/practice space with approximately fifty key-holders. One sunny day, Alice enters the apartment and finds two of the band members shot dead. As the double-murder sends waves of shock through their lives, this group of friends begins to unravel, and dangerous secrets are revealed one by one. When Alice begins to notice things amiss in her own apartment, the tension breaks out as it occurs to her that she is not the only person with a key, and she may not get a chance to change the locks.

Jane Smiley applies her distinctive rendering of time, place, and the enigmatic intricacies of personal relationships to the twists and turns of suspense. The result is a thriller that will keep readers guessing up to its final, shocking conclusion.

About the Author

JANE SMILEY is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres and more than ten other works of fiction, including Horse Heaven, Moo, and The Greenlanders. In 2001 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in northern California.