THE MUSIC OF CHANCE
by Auster, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670835358
- ISBN 13
- 9780670835355
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, The Music of Chance follows Jim Nashe who, after squandering an unexpected inheritance, picks up a young gambler named Jack Pozzi hoping to con two millionaires. But when their plans backfire, Jim and Jack are indentured by their elusive marks and are forced to build a meaningless wall with bricks gathered from ruins of an Irish castle. Time passes, their debts mount, and anger builds as the two struggle to dig themselves out of their Kafkaesque serfdom. New York Times-bestselling author Paul Auster ( The New York Trilogy) brings us back into his strange, shape-shifting world of fiendish bargains and punitive whims, where chance is a powerful yet unpredictable force.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024280
- Title
- THE MUSIC OF CHANCE
- Author
- Auster, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670835358
- ISBN 13
- 9780670835355
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1990
- Pages
- 224
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Joe Staats, Bookseller
About the Seller
Joe Staats, Bookseller
About Joe Staats, Bookseller
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