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Brazil
by Updike, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- Seller
-
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. [9], 3-260, [4] pp. Yellow cloth with silver lettering on the front board and silver and gold lettering on the spine; green topstain. Price of $23.00 on front flap of jacket. A Near Fine book slightly askew in a Fine dust jacket.
Synopsis
John Updike was born in Shillington, Pennsylvania, in 1932. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954 and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker . His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Foundation Award, and the William Dean Howells Medal. In 2007 he received the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. John Updike died in January 2009.
Reviews
On May 1 2011, Enoch said:
Worth the read. Well written. Don't want to give the plot away.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00003578
- Title
- Brazil
- Author
- Updike, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
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Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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