Saint Hiroshima
by Kennedy, Leigh
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151791600
- ISBN 13
- 9780151791606
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. First Printing. Hardcover in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Jacket. Book has remainder mark on lower edge, else Fine. A story of Katie and Phil, lonely in adolescence, they turn to each other for friendship --Katie is obsessed with Hiroshima and the threat of nuclear war, while Phil goes off to music school. Katie eventually marries and settles into melancholic domesticity. When the Cuban missile crisis sends Katie over the edge, she pleads with Phil to comes back and save her from the nuclear holocaust she is sure is coming. Her husband, with a wounded ego, devises a most unusual plot, diabolical really, to handle this emotional crisis. Clean and bright, unmarked, no edgewear, square with sharp corners. Jacket not clipped. 296 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Orlando, Florida, 1990.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010284
- Title
- Saint Hiroshima
- Author
- Kennedy, Leigh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151791600
- ISBN 13
- 9780151791606
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- FICTION WAR WORLD II HIROSHIMA. CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS
- X weight
- 0 oz
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