Secret Rendezvous
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ISBN 10: 0394503724 ISBN 13: 9780394503721
Published by Marboro Books, 1979
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Description:
Stated first edition. Former library book. Hardback with unclipped jacket pasted to boards. Jacket in clear protective covers. Light wear. Odor free. Text is clean, unmarked. (Shelf: J5) Books are carefully sealed in waterproof poly and boxed to prevent damage during transit. Seller Inventory # 086378
Synopsis:
As a jump-shoe salesman searches for his wife in a sinister underground hospital, his fascination with the hospital's strange inhabitants, including a girl whose bones are gradually liquefying, causes him to barely notice his wife's unspeakable circumstances
Review: "A gorgeously entertaining, provocative book." --Chicago Tribune
"A disconcertingly funny book . . . both original and edgily entertaining." --The New York Times Book Review "Reads much as if it were the collaborative effort of Hieronymus Bosch, Franz Kafka, and Mel Brooks." --Chicago Sun-Times
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Secret Rendezvous
Publisher: Marboro Books
Publication Date: 1979
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition.