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TIJUANA STRAITS: A Novel
by Nunn, Kem
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684843056
- ISBN 13
- 9780684843056
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A. : Scribner, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Feminist and environmental activist Magdalena has barely survived a vicious attack by tattooed thugs. Washed ashore at the borderlands, where California and Mexico meet the Pacific, she is rescued by the reluctant Fahey, an ex-con and surfer turned worm farmer. This saint-and-sinner dichotomy serves as the launching point for Nunn's signature theme of the search for redemption, as Fahey, enervated by past misdeeds, marshals the energy to keep Magdalena safe while eluding her tormentors. Nunn shares with Carl Hiaasen a deep moral outrage and a flair for creating, in surrealistic fashion, exaggeratedly malevolent villains amid a stewing, toxic landscape; however, he shares none of Hiaasen's humor, and his stony solemnity, at times, turns his prose dense and ponderous and his story line oppressive. Still, there's no denying his talent, and it comes shining through in the novel's best passages--the climactic pulse-pounding race through the dunes, the near-mystical surfing scenes. Author of THE DOGS OF WINTER, POMONA QUEEN, and TAPPING THE SOURCE. Fine, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. [Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] M57
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022983
- Title
- TIJUANA STRAITS: A Novel
- Author
- Nunn, Kem
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0684843056
- ISBN 13
- 9780684843056
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2004
- Pages
- 320
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Product_type
- 2
Terms of Sale
Joe Staats, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Joe Staats, Bookseller
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Los Angeles, California
About Joe Staats, Bookseller
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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