Blood Lines: Long and Short Stories
by Rendell, Ruth
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0091791863
- ISBN 13
- 9780091791865
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hutchinson, London, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Black coloured end pages. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white coloured photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. "A scintillating collection of long and short stories by Ruth Rendell." – front fold over panel blurb. Rubbing of the lower book edges and top book corners. Gift inscription to the top edge of the half title page – dated 1995. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with some creasing to the top dustwrapper edge. The white coloured background of the dustwrapper has accumulated some rubs and handling marks. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VIII, 184 pages, last page blank,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; ISBN: 0091791863. ISBN/EAN: 9780091791865. Inventory No: 0219498. . 9780091791865
Synopsis
‘I think you know who killed your stepfather’ said Wexford. So begins this scintillating collection of long and short stories by Ruth Rendell. It was clear to both Wexford and Burden that Tom Peterlee was not killed for £360, but various people would have liked them to think he was… It is a case which reminds the Chief Inspector that there is only a thin line dividing the cop from the criminal. The criminal impulse may be present in the most routine or intimate situation. In this second story, Browning’s poem, ‘Porphyria’s Lover’, is the inspiration for the murderous passion. In Shreds and Shivers the accidental discovery of Amanita phalloides (a poisonous mushroom) leads to a game of Russian Roulette in a supermarket. With unerring insight and deceptive economy of style, Ruth Rendell probes behind the passions of everyday life to pinpoint the frailties, the desires and deceptions, the guilty secret of human beings.The book ends with The Strawberry Tree, a disturbingly evocative novella-length tale of lost innocence set on the island of Majorca. It is a triumphant conclusion to a collection of stories that will linger in the mind.
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0219498
- Title
- Blood Lines: Long and Short Stories
- Author
- Rendell, Ruth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0091791863
- ISBN 13
- 9780091791865
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- BZDB2 FICTION_MYSTERY & DETECTIVE_GENERAL FICTION_SHORT STORIES Crime Fiction; Unbranded ISBN: 0091791863 EAN: 9780091791865 Rendell, Ruth Blood Lines: Long and Short Stories
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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