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Miss Silver's Past by Skvorecky, Josef. 8vo. 1st ptg.
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"If its underlying message were not so sinister in its implications, this black comedy would qualify as one of the funniest books of the year." --The New York Times
"Both hilarious and terrifying; I recommend it strongly." --The Guardian
"The casual exactness of the style, witty and spare, entirely justifies the rare honour of a preface by Graham Greene." --The Financial Post
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- PublisherGROVE PRESS.
- Publication date1974
- ISBN 10 0394492935
- ISBN 13 9780394492933
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages297
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Book Description hardcover. 1st edition. New York. 1974. Grove Press. 1st American Edition. Very Small Moisture Mark On Front Free Endpaper,Otherwise Very Good in Dustjacket. 0394492935. Foreword by Graham Greene. Translated from the Czech by Peter Kussi. 297 pages. hardcover. GP-723. Cover design by Kenneth R. Deardoff. keywords: Literature Translated Czech Eastern Europe . FROM THE PUBLISHER - In this novel, Josef Skvorecky tells a spellbinding story of moral corruption and political cynicism in the guise of a love story that turns into a murder mystery. Karel Leden falls in love with Lenka, a beautiful girl with shiny black hair, the minute he sees her on the beach clad in a scanty bikini. But Lenka rebuffs Karel's advances, preferring instead the company of Karel's boss, a balding, middle-aged Communist party official. after a nocturnal boat ride with Lenka his body is washed ashore. The police call it a tragic accident. Who is Lenka? A girl with a mysterious past, a beautiful tramp who teases her lovers? Karel can't make her out, In anguish he begins to drink, in desperation he plays detective. What he discovers is part of the gruesome history of our time. And what had begun as a story of love's labors lost suddenly turns into a political whodunit in which the victim, instead of the murderer, is the criminal. But beyond being a diverting thriller, this novel also offers a remarkable account of life among the privileged few in a Communist society, the first book to give us a glimpse of the underworld of intellectual pimp and literary prostitute that rules the cultural establishment, a truly authentic picture of the corrosion of the spirit that besets the party hacks and party-line writers, of hypocrisy rewarded and idealism betrayed. Skvorecky sets his story against the background of a State run publishing company, and he provides an astonishing tour of the literary machine of a Communist state. inventory #34208 Very Small Moisture Mark On Front Free Endpaper,Otherwise Very Good in Dustjacket. Seller Inventory # z34208
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Book Description 0 Text in English, Czech. xvii, 297 p.; 21 cm. Translation of Lv? ? ce. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. moderate shelfwear, protected in brodart that shows some shelfwear, inscribed by the author. Seller Inventory # Alibris.0062536
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. Sunning to outer edge of clipped d/j. Inscribed and dated by author to previous owner on title page. Inscription dated in '78; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 297 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 198370
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. [320pp]: xx, 300 (last leaf blank); ochre linen stamped black, jacket ($8.95 on flap); 208 x 144 x 31 mm. First US edition (originally 1969), translated by Peter Kussi; first state with ISBN 0-394-49293-3 on tp (verso) but 0-394-49293-5 on jacket rear. A second ISBN on tp (verso) reads: "Grove Press ISBN 0-8021-0048-1". With 3pp Preface by Graham Greene (referred to on jacket as a Foreword). A tight clean copy of the author's controversial second novel (whose second Czech printing of 80,000 was seized in 1970 by the invading authorities); issued under the publisher's number GP-723. Seller Inventory # 003689
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