Clockers
by Price, Richard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395537614
- ISBN 13
- 9780395537619
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Co., 1992. NF / F. First edition, first printing. Book is near fine, clean, unmarked, square with sharp corners. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine dustjacket is price-intact with no chips, tears, or other defects. Protected in mylar cover. Scott Turow notes, "It's one of those books that comes close to you, grabs you and takes you down like some heavy stone, convincing you with its unique and vivid details, its moral complexity and deep understanding that every word is true." Basis for the 1995 Spike Lee film with Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo and Mekhi Phifer. Carefully packaged and shipped in a cardboard box.
Synopsis
Clockers is a 1992 novel by American author Richard Price. In 1995 director Spike Lee adapted it into the film Clockers; Price co-wrote its screenplay with Lee. The book takes place in the fictitious project of Dempsey in North Jersey. It centers around the workings of a local drug gang and the dynamics between the drug dealers, the police and the community. The film is set in Brooklyn, New York.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Linden Avenue Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10023
- Title
- Clockers
- Author
- Price, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0395537614
- ISBN 13
- 9780395537619
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston, New York, London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 599
- Size
- 9.6 x 6 x 1.8 inches
- Keywords
- Fiction, first edition, signed, Books into Film
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Autographs and signed books; Books into Film; Modern First Editions; Literature;
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