Scribner, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Inscribed by the author on the Title Page. Hard cover in very good condition with orange boards, gray spine cloth and gold gilt spine lettering. Sun fading to bottom of back board; age toning to the text block edges. Interior text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition; just a ghost of shelf wear; crease line at bottom of front jacket flap; not price clipped. * From the jacket, "". . . a bold and moving novel about a fugitive radical from the 1970s who has lived in hiding for twenty-five years. . . . a hugely compelling story of activism, sacrifice, and the cost of living a secret. . . . Shifting between the protests in the 1970s and the consequences of those choices in the 1990s . . .deftly explores the connection between the two eras - their language, technology, music, and activism. . . . Character driven and brilliant . . .an important and revelatory novel about the culture of rebellion, with particular resonance now.""

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Bookseller: Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: M001249
Title: Eat the Document : A Novel
Author: Spiotta, Dana
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0743272986
ISBN 13: 9780743272988
Publisher: Scribner
Place of Publication: New York, New York
Date Published: 2006
Keywords: Fiction, Women radicals - Fiction, Mothers and sons - Fiction, Fugitives from justice - Fiction
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction;

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Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.

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