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A Summons to Memphis
by Taylor, Peter
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book VG: crease to spine, mild shelf wear, text clean, binding tight.
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ballantine Books, 1987. first thus. mass market paperback. Book VG: crease to spine, mild shelf wear, text clean, binding tight.. 16mo 233pp. September 1987. see pictures for synopsis. #02690.
Synopsis
A Summons to Memphis is a 1986 novel by Peter Taylor which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1987. It is the recollection of Phillip Carver, a middle aged editor from New York City, who is summoned back to Memphis by his two conniving unmarried sisters to help them prevent the marriage of their elderly father to a younger woman.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2625
- Title
- A Summons to Memphis
- Author
- Taylor, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Mass market paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG: crease to spine, mild shelf wear, text clean, binding tight.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first thus
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- fiction
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
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- Tight
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- Shelf Wear
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- Spine
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