The Secret Life of E. Robert Pendleton
by Collins, Michael
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine, 1st edition (1st printing), unclipped d.j (v.g. in protective sleeve); maroon boards, purple foil spine titling; text bloc
- ISBN 10
- 0297850830
- ISBN 13
- 9780297850830
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006. 1st. hardback. Fine, 1st edition (1st printing), unclipped d.j (v.g. in protective sleeve); maroon boards, purple foil spine titling; text block firm, pages unmarked.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). A tale of murder and literary ambition set on an American university campus from a master of the dark side of human nature. It's been over a decade since Robert Pendleton published his brilliant short story debut, and his hopes for a dazzling literary career now lie in tatters. Hanging on to his tenure in literature at Bannockburn college by the slimmest of threads, Pendleton's simmering despair boils over with the arrival on campus of his one-time friend, now nemesis, the bestselling author and king of the coffee-table book, David Horowitz. For Pendleton, death seems to be the only remaining option, but his attempt to kill himself is wrecked by the intervention of Adi Wiltshire, a graduate student battling her own demons of failure and thwarted ambition. Whilst Pendleton recovers from his suicide attempt, Adi discovers a novel hidden in his basement: a brilliant, bitter story with a gruesome murder at its core. The publication of Scream causes a storm of publicity, a whirlwind into which Adi and Horowitz are thrust - along with the sister of a young girl whose real-life, unsolved murder bears an uncanny resemblance to the crime in Pendleton's novel and a burnt-out cop with secrets of his own, who is determined to prove that in this case fact and fiction are one and the same.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC131920
- Title
- The Secret Life of E. Robert Pendleton
- Author
- Collins, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine, 1st edition (1st printing), unclipped d.j (v.g. in protective sleeve); maroon boards, purple foil spine titling; text bloc
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0297850830
- ISBN 13
- 9780297850830
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2006
- Pages
- 355
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, thriller, Collins
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.7 g
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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