Happy Policeman
by Anthony, Patricia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- NEAR FINE, Tiny Tilt at Spine/FINE DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0151384789
- ISBN 13
- 9780151384785
- Seller
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Fountain Hills, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
It began six years ago, on Bomb Day, when the aliens put up the Line to block out the rest of the world. On all the radio bands there is nothing now but static, and beyond the glowing paisley barrier there may be only a radioactive waste. Yet in Coomey life goes on quietly. Until Loretta Harper, the pudgy Mary Kay rep and perennial Homemaker of the Month, is found dead in the woods. It's the first murder in six years, and police chief Dewitt Dawson, with a curse, starts his investigation. Did the Torku kill her? Or was it Foster, the town banker turned flower child? Even Janet-the police chief's own wife-may be involved. Both lyrical and humorous, Happy Policeman is a story of everyday people trapped in an existential test tube. A story of duty and rebellion. And of aliens who watch-and wait-to see if DeWitt will learn the truth about time, responsibility, and universes that leak.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gilboe Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01205
- Title
- Happy Policeman
- Author
- Anthony, Patricia
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover, Cloth, Paper Bds
- Book Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE, Tiny Tilt at Spine
- Jacket Condition
- FINE DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Stated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0151384789
- ISBN 13
- 9780151384785
- Publisher
- Harcourt Trade Publishers
- Place of Publication
- San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- TEXAS FICTION HUMOROUS MYSTERY DETECTIVE GENERAL SCIENCE
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Gilboe Books
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