New York: Delacorte Press, 1994 First Edition/First Printing, as stated on the copyright page. Hardcover in dustjacket. 300 pages. The author's extraordinarily accomplished first novel. A hard-boiled surfer thriller, set in southern California, that would make Raymond Chandler proud. Rear cover blurbs by; Robert Stone, Ann Arensberg, and Elmore Leonard. First state dustjacket with "0384" on bottom left of the back dj flap. A 1/4" and 1/16th inch tear to the top of the dusjtacket spine, otherwise a near fine dustjacket, over a near fine book. Not price clipped. Not remainder. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box.

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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A reissue of the classic novel that inspired the movie Point Break and pioneered a genre. People go to Huntington Beach in search of the endless parties, the ultimate highs, and the perfect waves. Ike Tucker has come to look for his missing sister and for the three men who may have murdered her. In that place of gilded surfers and sun-bleached blonds, Ikes search takes him on a journey through a twisted world of crazed Vietnam vets, sadistic surfers, drug dealers, and mysterious seducers. He looks into the shadows and finds parties that drift toward pointless violence, joyless vacations, and highs you may never come down from . . . and a sea of old hatreds and dreams gone bad. And if hes not careful, his is a journey from which he will never return.

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Bookseller: Marvin Minkler Modern First Editions (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 492
Title: Tapping The Source
Author: Nunn, Kem
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0385292724
ISBN 13: 9780385292726
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1994
Keywords: thriller

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