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The Fig Eater

The Fig Eater

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The Fig Eater

by Shields, Jody

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ISBN 10
0316785644
ISBN 13
9780316785648
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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 2000. 311 pgs. Fine hardcover, clean and crisp, in Near Fine jacket. Tiny pinhead perforation to bottom left corner of jacket near spine edge, else fine. Set in Vienna in 1910, the murder of Freud's famous patient Dora is being investigated by the Inspector, newly trained in rationalist criminology. The author presents turn-of-the-century Vienna combined with aspects of forensics, criminolgy, food, botany, folklore, customs, perverse medical practices and subtle sexual secrets. ISBN 0316785644. #1742. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
1742
Title
The Fig Eater
Author
Shields, Jody
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
ISBN 10
0316785644
ISBN 13
9780316785648
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
Place of Publication
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published
2000
Size
8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inch
Keywords
Jody Shields, Fig Eater, First Edition, Modern First, Historical Fiction, Forensic, Criminolgy, Freud, Dora, VIENNA, Folklore, Customs, Hungary, History, AUSTRIA FICTION HISTORICAL MYSTERY
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