New York, NY, U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 2000. 1st edition, September 2000, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, pages lightly age toned, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. First trade edition, preceded by the Subterranean Press limited edition. WINNER of the 2001 EDGAR Award for Best Mystery Novel and a Nominee for both the ANTHONY and HORROR GUILD Novel of the Year. The Edgar Award winning thriller, is classic American storytelling in its truest, darkest, and more affecting form -- with echoes of William Faulkner and Harper Lee. Its 1933 in East Texas and the Depression lingers in the air like a slow moving storm. When a young Harry Collins and his little sister stumble across the body of a black woman who has been savagely mutilated and left to die in the bottoms of the Sabine River, their small town is instantly charged with tension. When a second body turns up, this time of a white woman, there is little Harry can do from stopping his Klan neighbors from lynching an innocent black man. Together with his younger sister, Harry sets out to discover who the real killer is, and to do so they will search for a truth that resides far deeper than any river or skin color.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book.

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Bookseller: Murder By The Book (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 018975
Title: THE BOTTOMS **EDGAR AWARD WINNER**
Author: Lansdale, Joe R
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Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0892967048
ISBN 13: 9780892967049
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Place of Publication: New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
Keywords: AWARD WINNER, TEXAS, FICTION HISTORICAL, MYSTERY DETECTIVE, Race Relations, SERIAL MURDERERS
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