THE GOLDEN ORANGE.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj (lack of publisher's price -these are generally accepted as the export editon,which usually preceded the trade edn/issue in that publisher's country.)Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour illustrated dw/dj,with red,white and gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A small closed tear,to foot of spine/backstrip's gutter's edge. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,14-317pp [paginated] includes 25 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,acknowledgements,title separator page and 4pp blanks at rear.
Yachts,mansions and millionaires proliferate in Southern California but nowhere more than on the Gold Coast of Orange County,the setting of Joseph Wambaugh's long-awaited new novel (then 1990).In 'The Golden Orange' the yachts seldom leave the dock,the mansions are mere tokens of wealth,and the millionaires' chief activity is the evasion of avaricious and oft-divorced women,whose dedication to plastic surgery and bikini-basking is legendary.
But for Winnie Farlowe,a forty-year-old ex-cop,life promises no such rewards,only steady progress towards the next vodka.
Unemployment has become his natural state since his job as the Balboa Island ferry captain ended in a wild night of drunken disaster at sea.Notoriety may be his saving grace,however,for in Spoon's Landing,his favourite waterfront saloon,it brings him to the attention of the stunningly beautiful,sexually spirited Tess Binder.A divorcee with an uncertain fortune,Tess is Winnie's entree into an exclusive world of clubs,ranches and the boat of his dreams.But she also carries with her the mystery of her father's death and the fear of her own fate.And soon,Winnie,too,becomes the target of an inknown assailant.
With its twisting plot,its humour,and its sure sense of human foibles, 'The Golden Orange' is a captivating and brilliantly diverting novel of suspense from a master storyteller at the top of his form.
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