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MARCH VIOLETS
by Kerr, Philip
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Remainder mark to bottom edge, some darkening to text block as is common with this book, a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (24668
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
[London]: Viking, [1989]. First edition. Remainder mark to bottom edge, some darkening to text block as is common with this book, a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (24668). Octavo, boards. The author's first novel and first to feature Bernie Gunther. Hard boiled novel set in Nazi Germany in 1936. Hubin, p. 466.
Synopsis
March Violets is a detective novel and the first written by Philip Kerr. Set in Berlin during the Olympics of 1936, the major themes of the novel include the every-day violence and anti-Semitism of the regime and the inability or unwillingness of ordinary Germans to act in the face of the coming war.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24668
- Title
- MARCH VIOLETS
- Author
- Kerr, Philip
- Book Condition
- Used - Remainder mark to bottom edge, some darkening to text block as is common with this book, a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (24668
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Date Published
- [1989]
- Keywords
- Mystery
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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