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"P.D. James is unbeatable."--"Ottawa Citizen ""P.D. James is an addictive writer, [with] a quality of intelligence, a genuine curiosity about character, and an ability to describe the density of little known lives."--Anita Brookner "One of the most compulsive and acutely observed thrillers of the year--a why-dunnit, rather than a who-dunnit; a study of the complex motives that make up the cold mind of a killer."--"Daily Express ""James is assuredly the most gifted crime novelist writing in English today,"""--"The Toronto Star ""A top-rated puzzle of peril that holds you all the way."--"The New York Times"
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Set in Cambridge, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman is the first of P.D. James's novels to feature Cordelia Gray, a compulsive thriller and a chilling study of the complex motives behind cold-hearted murder.
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- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication date1972
- ISBN 10 0571101615
- ISBN 13 9780571101610
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages216
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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
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AN UNSUITABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN (First edition - second printing)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A second printing of the true first edition, with 'First published in 1972, Reprinted 1973' on the printer's page. ***Near fine in green-grey cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Boards clean and unmarked. Extremities slightly rubbed. Tail of spine slightly creased. Page block edges clean with no foxing, just a slightly darkened top edge. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally also near fine, with no ownership inscriptions, and no creases or tears. Paper stock slightly tanned. Pages clean. ***In a very good colour-illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £1.90 net. The dustwrapper is complete without loss, but the extremities are rubbed and the spine is browned with a small hole and scuff at the centre. There is also a scuff and surface loss and small hole at the bottom of the front panel near the spine (please see scans). Red titles unfaded. No serious creases, chips or tears. Dustwrapper clean. ***205mm x135mm. 216 pages. ***'One of the most compulsive and acutely observed thrillers of the year. A why-dunnit, rather than a whodunnit: a study of the complex motives that make up the cold mind of a killer." - Peter Grosvenor, Daily Express (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'"An Unsuitable Job for a Woman" is the title of a detective novel by English writer P. D. James and of a TV series of four dramas developed from that novel. It was published by Faber and Faber in the UK in 1972 and by Charles Scribner's Sons in the US. The book features private detective Cordelia Gray, the protagonist of both this title and The Skull Beneath the Skin (1982). It is noted for introducing a new type of female detective at the start of the feminist era. Authors commenting on the introduction of the new type of female detective at the dawn of the feminist era noted the novel as a key pioneering work in which the focus is "at least as much on character and theme as on crime". Another critic described it as "a political contribution to the recasting of the female detective mould", noting in particular how its heroine avenges a young man's murder by his father and connives in the murder in return of the father by the boy's mother in an act of feminine solidarity.' (Wiki) ***A second printing of the true first edition, in its original dustwrapper, in very good condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 8901
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Both the book and the dust jacket have very, very light wear on the spine tips. Book slightly cocked. States: "First Published in 1972". Price on dust jacket. A nice copy. Seller Inventory # 814 (Box 35)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, small bald patch on spine where old sticky label has pulled away, spine and back jacket slightly yellowed, corners very slightly rubbed. Not price clipped (£1.90), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy for its age. 216pp. Handsome Cambridge dropout Mark Callender died hanging by the neck with a faint trace of lipstick on his mouth. When the official verdict is suicide, his wealthy father hires fledgling private investigator Cordelia Gray to find out what led him to self-destruction. What she discovers instead is a twisting trail of secrets and sins, and the strong scent of murder. P. D. James's fifth and most sought after crime thriller. Seller Inventory # 002628
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