Five-Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History
by Stapinski, Helene
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good/Not Applicable
- ISBN 10
- 0747554307
- ISBN 13
- 9780747554301
- Seller
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Buttaba, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London, England: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2001. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Large softcover, first edition, 418gms, 260 pages. This is a memoir about growing up surrounded by small-time swindlers, crooks, mobster wannabes and eccentrics in a city infamous for its toxic waste, corrupt local officials and ties to the Mafia. Book is in good condition with general wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout. Wraps show some light sun fading, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..
Synopsis
Helene Stapinski began her career at her hometown newspaper, The Jersey Journal, and since then has written for The New York Times , New York magazine, and People , among other publications. She received her B.A. in journalism from New York University in 1987 and her M.F.A. from Columbia in 1995. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reading Habit (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIOUSA402
- Title
- Five-Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History
- Author
- Stapinski, Helene
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Not Applicable
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0747554307
- ISBN 13
- 9780747554301
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Helene Stapinski, Mafia, True Crime, American Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Buttaba, New South Wales
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- First Edition
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