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In A Dark Time
by Watson, Larry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684162857
- ISBN 13
- 9780684162850
- Seller
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About This Item
Scribner, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing (Full Number Line). Not price-clipped ($8.95 price intact). Published by Scribner's, 1980. Octavo. Dark blue cloth boards stamped in silver. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Has some light spotting to page ends. Dust jacket is very good with some light shelf wear and some spotting along inside top edge. A very good copy of the author's first book. Jacket art by Paul Bacon. 240 pages. ISBN: 0684162857. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Synopsis
A powerful voice in contemporary American fiction, Larry Watson is the award-winning author of Montana 1948, hailed as "a work of art" (San Francisco Chronicle), and White Crosses, praised as "one of the most irresistible novels of the year" (The Globe and Mail). In this, his debut novel, Watson explores the themes that established him as a master protrayer of small-town America. Another female student has been found strangled—the body count is up to three, and everyone suspects there will be more. But for Peter, a reticent teacher at Minnesota's Wanekia High School, his own morbid fascination with the murders haunts him more than the morning headlines. Keeping a detailed journal of his community's action—and his own—Peter discovers a disturbing ambivalence toward violence in the midst of uncommonly savage acts. A taut suspense novel that is at once compelling and thought-provoking, In a Dark Time ingeniously explores our culture's complex relationship with violence—and paints a vivid portrait of America too often color-blind to the bloody hues that tinge its landscape.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Southampton Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 89161
- Title
- In A Dark Time
- Author
- Watson, Larry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684162857
- ISBN 13
- 9780684162850
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
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- Tight
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