Alive in Necropolis

Dorst, Doug

ISBN 10: 1594489874 / ISBN 13: 9781594489877

Published by Riverhead Books, 2008

About this Item

Octavo. Light blue cloth spine, yellow title and attributions - dark blue boards, author name framed in yellow to front. Flat signed by author on publisher's blank. 437pp. Complete jacket has lightly rubbed front upper corner and a hint of handling wear to rear lower edge.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1744628339660

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alive in Necropolis
• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594489874
• ISBN 13: 9781594489877
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Navigating adult responsibilities in a California city where the dead outnumber the living, by-the-book rookie cop Michael Mercer struggles through new relationships and becomes increasingly obsessed with the mysterious fate of his predecessor, an officer who believed he policed the dead. A first novel. 20,000 first printing.

About the Author

Doug Dorst is the author of three books, most recently the novel S, which he co-authored with J. J. Abrams. He is the author of the novel Alive in Necropolis, which was honored as San Francisco’s 2009 One City One Book selection and as a runner-up for the 2009 PEN/Hemingway, Shirley Jackson, and IAFA/Crawford Awards, and a short story collection, The Surf Guru. His stories have appeared in McSweeney’s, Ploughshares, ZYZZYVA, and other journals. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a three-time Jeopardy! champion, Dorst lives in Austin and teaches writing at Texas State University in San Marcos.