London: Victor Gollancz, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of the author's first Commissario Piero Trotti mystery, set in Italy, published in the United States as, The Red Citroen. 8vo. 250 pp. A fine copy in red cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine bright Gollancz yellow dustwrapper.

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CWA award-winning author Timothy Williams has written five crime novels set in Italy featuring Commissario Piero Trotti, as well as two mysteries set on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe ( Another Sun and The Honest Folk of Guadeloupe ). In 2011, the Observer placed him among the ten best modern European crime novelists. Born in London and educated at St. Andrews, Williams has taught at the universities of Poitiers in France, Bari and Pavia in Italy, and at Jassy in Romania. He has lived in the French West Indies, where he teaches, since 1980.

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Bookseller: TBCL The Book Collection Library (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 29469
Title: CONVERGING PARALLELS
Author: Williams, Timothy
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Victor Gollancz
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1982
Keywords: FIRST EDITION BRITISH AUTHORS CRIME MYSTERY DETECTION ITALY ITALIAN
Bookseller catalogs: Electronic List TBCL; ITSAMYSTERY;

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