About this title: Amis's homage to and satire of the hard-boiled detective novel is told in the voice of an American policewoman who, in the best noir tradition, is faced with a tough case that will uncover truths that go far beyond who done it. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony
Date Published: 01/1998
ISBN-13:9780609601280ISBN:0609601288
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 175 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony
Date Published: 01/1998
ISBN-13:9780609601280ISBN:0609601288
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 175 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony
Date Published: 01/1998
ISBN-13:9780609601280ISBN:0609601288
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 175 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony
Date Published: 01/1998
ISBN-13:9780609601280ISBN:0609601288
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 175 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony
Date Published: 01/1998
ISBN-13:9780609601280ISBN:0609601288
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 175 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony
Date Published: 01/1998
ISBN-13:9780609601280ISBN:0609601288
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 175 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780609601280ISBN:0609601288
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Nice and clean text. Some cover and edge wear. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 175 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony
Date Published: 1998-01-12
ISBN-13:9780609601280ISBN:0609601288
Description: Good. A former library book in protective mylar cover with the usual library markings. (Even though we list all former library books as only good, most are Good+ or VG condition! ) No writing or highlighting noted inside. Good binding. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony
Date Published: 1998-01-12
ISBN-13:9780609601280ISBN:0609601288
Description: Good. Hardcover; Harmony; 1998; 8.75 x 1 x 5.75 Inches; Good in Good DJ; Lightly read copy in very good condition. Unconditional money back guarantee. read more
Description: Fine. 0609601288 Dust jacket has NO wear. NO remainder mark. Previous owner's label on first page. All other pages are clean with NO markings, NO creases and NO dog-ears. Hardcover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780609601280ISBN:0609601288
Description: Good in Good jacket. Good in good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 175 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780609601280ISBN:0609601288
Description: New in new dust jacket. new, sm remainder dot, nice gift book! Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 175 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"An amazing book that does what in 175 pages what others attempt and fail at in twice that. Starts off as a detective story and then unfolds into something deeper and darker. Haven't read any Amis (started LONDON FIELDS but never finished it) and now totally get what all the fuss is about. Really amazing writing. And, oh, kinda depressing. More proof that marter doesn't mean happier. My brian keeps turning this over and over like a really good foreign film."
"I loved the atmosphere created in this book when I pretended it was set in a parallel-universe America, but even then I did kind of resent a lot of it as false and a trespass on my country (and a portion of the genre that I feel like belongs to US) and my gender. Also, if you're going to be that famous and supposedly talented, why so much stuff that's just plain wrong/stupid? I don't get it. I enjoyed it, but with reservations. I think I need to read some of his other stuff to see if it was just this particular book that annoyed me or just Amis."
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