New York: Crown Publishers, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Dunne explores a wealthy Catholic family, a sinister murder of an innocent girl and its 20-year cover-up. Binding of black half cloth with gilt titles to spine, red paper-wrapped boards, trace edgewear, clean and unmarked, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Prev owner name stamped n bottom of front endpaper. Internals as new. Bright red glossy jacket is unclipped, clean with trace edgewear. 377 pages. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. Crown Publishers, New York, 1993.

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Dominick Dunne is an internationally acclaimed journalist and the bestselling author of both fiction and nonfiction, including Another City, Not My Own; An Inconvenient Woman; The Two Mrs. Grenvilles; People Like Us; and The Mansions of Limbo.

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Bookseller: The Parnassus BookShop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 020494
Title: A Season In Purgatory
Author: Dunne, Dominick
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0517583860
ISBN 13: 9780517583869
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1993
Size: 8vo - over 7
Keywords: MURDER; MYSTERY; THE CATHOLIC CHURCH; POWER AND PRIVILEGE;
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction. Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Police;
X weight: 0 oz

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