The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
by Hijuelos, Oscar
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0374201250
- ISBN 13
- 9780374201258
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & foxing on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly shelf worn with scuffs & creases in a mylar cover.
Synopsis
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love is a 1989 novel by Oscar Hijuelos. It is about the lives of two Cuban brothers and musicians, Cesar and Nestor Castillo, who immigrate to the United States and settle in New York City in the early 1950s. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1990, being the first novel by an American-born Hispanic to do so. It was the basis for a 1992 motion picture, The Mambo Kings, as well as a musical in 2005.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PARShijMAM
- Title
- The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
- Author
- Hijuelos, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374201250
- ISBN 13
- 9780374201258
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989-01-01
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 25 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
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Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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- First Edition
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- Shelf Wear
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