Bringing out the Dead (Signed First Edition)

Connelly, Joe

ISBN 10: 0375400400 / ISBN 13: 9780375400407

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1998

About this Item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First edition, first printing, with full number line including the 1. Hardcover. Quarter black cloth over red paper-covered boards with silver spine lettering. Very Fine in a very fine dust jacket. Publisher s original price intact on jacket flap ($23.00). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight clean copy. Octavo, 272 pages. A novel based on the author s experience as a New York City paramedic, following a burnt-out EMT haunted by the lives he could not save. This was Connelly s debut novel. It was adapted into a 1999 film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Nicolas Cage. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page--the author's name only, without any other writing. Purchased new and opened only for author signature. You cannot find a better copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bringing out the Dead (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375400400
• ISBN 13: 9780375400407
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

A debut novel follows the frantic life of a brash EMS medic working in New York City, where he tries to cope with his wife's departure, his creeping alcoholism, and the excitement and horror of the ambulance call. 50,000 first printing. Tour.

About the Author

Joe Connelly worked for nine years as a medic for St. Clare's Hospital in New York City, where he was born. He lives in New York City and is at work on his second novel.