Maker of Saints

New York, New York, USA: Scribner, 1996. BU1 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition with a dust jacket in very good condition. A sequence of numbers with the "1" present appear on the copyright page with no additional printings indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy in brown paper covered boards quarter bound in textured red paper with gold lettering and a graphic on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with some very, very light tape staining on the outside surfaces of the front and back boards from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there are the usual library stamps and pocket on the top, bottom, and right outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, and the title page plus there is some light yellowing on the top outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with some very light creasing along the top and bottom spine edges plus it is price clipped plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A novel about a woman who is plagued by nightmares of her friend's falling through the air. These begin about one month after she actually witnesses her friends death from a fall from eight stories. The two young African-American women women had adjoining apartments. They develope an intense friendship, and after the death the main character digs into her dead friend's life to try to figure out whether it was really a suicide or not. In the process of looking through her belongings she encounters video diary of her dead friend. They uncover her personal life as well as her work but, most importantly, examine her turbulend relationship with her lover. The author is a winner of a Grammy Award and has had a book nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Award. By the author of "1959." 250p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.