The Devil, Delfina Varela and the Used Chevy : Which Examines Delfina Varela's Puzzling Pact with the Devil, the Plaintive Love Story of Ruiz Lopez Mondragon, & the Doomed Hispanic Political Dream of Manuel Caballos
by Robinson, Louie G
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: Doubleday, 1993. CC5 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An as new, unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. A funny and authentic novel of Mexican American life in San Francisco's Mission District. It is about a loose circle of middle-class Mexican Americans and their close-knit community. They are all determined to get a part of the American dream for themselves. The main character is an aging widow who is determined to own a car even if she has to sell her soul to the Devil to get it. 84p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.25"x8". Advance Reading Copy (ARC).
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- Seller
- Bookmarc's
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- Seller's Inventory #
- SCW02094
- Title
- The Devil, Delfina Varela and the Used Chevy : Which Examines Delfina Varela's Puzzling Pact with the Devil, the Plaintive Love Story of Ruiz Lopez Mondragon, & the Doomed Hispanic Political Dream of Manuel Caballos
- Author
- Robinson, Louie G
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Literature Literary Fiction California San Francisco Advance Reading Copy ARC Uncorrected Proof
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Chicano Literature; Literature / Latino Literature; Fiction / Ethnic Fiction;
- Size
- 5.25"x8"
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- Shelf Wear
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- Trade Paperback
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- Jacket
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- Tight
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- Reading Copy
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- First Edition
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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