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The Pardon
by Grippando, James
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060177829
- ISBN 13
- 9780060177829
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: HarperCollins, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. A stunning debut novel, which combines breakneck pacing with with murderous suspense, as an estranged father and son must find common ground to survive the machinations of a psychopath bent on serving his idea of justice. Binding of black half-cloth with gilt titles, bright red paper-wrapped boards with trace wear to extrtemities. There is a circular slight indentation about dime size in the center of the front board. Tight & solid sewn binding, square with sharp corners. Text body very clean and free rfom any markings. Jacket is unclipped, clean and bright, slightly wrinkled at spine head/tail and lower rear edge. 311 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. HarperCollins, New York, 1994.
Synopsis
An estranged father and son -- one a brilliant defense lawyer, the other the governor of Florida -- must overcome their differences to stop a cunning psychopath.Jack Swyteck, a brilliant Miami defense attorney has spent years rebelling against his father, Harry, now Florida's governor. Their estrangement seems complete when Harry allows one of Jack's clients -- a man Jack believes is innocent -- to die in the electric chair.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006228
- Title
- The Pardon
- Author
- Grippando, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060177829
- ISBN 13
- 9780060177829
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- EXECUTIONS; EXECUTIONERS; CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; LAWYERS; FATHERS AND SONS;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Police;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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