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THE MEDUSA TOUCH
by Van Greenaway, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus / Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0575017023
- ISBN 13
- 9780575017023
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1973. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Very Good. Colin Hay (Jacket illustrations). Octavo, 8 in. x 5.25 in., pp. 255. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Surface tears to front free endpaper (sticker removed?). Otherwise, interior unmarked. Light rubbing to edges of dustjacket (with fabulous front panel illustration by Colin Hay), and an inch or so of past bleed-through to top of front hinge (see photos). Price clipped. Peter Van Greenaway (1929 - 1988) was a British novelist, the author of numerous thrillers with elements of horror and satire. He was born and educated in London, worked briefly in commercial art and acted in theatre ... Van Greenaway is probably best known for The Medusa Touch, which was made into a film starring Richard Burton. The story's main character is a radically disenchanted novelist with highly destructive telekinetic powers. The Medusa Touch is one of several books featuring the character Inspector Cherry of Scotland Yard. (from Wikipedia).
Synopsis
The Medusa Touch is a 1973 novel by Peter Van Greenaway, which was adapted fairly faithfully into a feature film in 1978. The novel tells the story of a radically disenchanted novelist with highly destructive telekinetic powers. Its dialogue was described in Kim Newman's book Nightmare Movies (1988) as "incredibly misanthropic".
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86148
- Title
- THE MEDUSA TOUCH
- Author
- Van Greenaway, Peter
- Illustrator
- Colin Hay (Jacket illustrations)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus / Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION (NAP)
- ISBN 10
- 0575017023
- ISBN 13
- 9780575017023
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Detective, Whodunit,
- Bookseller catalogs
- MYSTERY;
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