The Lure
by Picano, Felice
- Used
- Fine
- Condition
- Fine/VeryGood
- Seller
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Argillite, Kentucky, United States
Item Price
£15.93£14.33
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Delacorte, 1979. BCE/BOMC. Leatherette. Fine/VeryGood. 5.75"x 8.5" 373 pgs. Navy leatherette boards w/light gray letters to spine. DJ #5599 designed by Peter Caras. Jacket typography by Andrew Newman. Hand lettering by Craig De Camps. Autor photo by James McGuire. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Moderate edge wear to dj.Not x-library, unclipped (no price), unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. In 1979, Felice Picano rocketed to fame with the publication of this shocking, controversial thriller. Riveting and candid in its depiction of the gay sexual subculture of the era, and praised by Stephen King as "Explosive... Felice Picano is one hell of a writer". "The Lure" thrusts young widower Noel Hathaway into a dark universe of physical and psychological violence; an unwilling lure used by the police to unmask an elusive killer.
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Details
- Seller
- Blacks Bookshop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 15186
- Title
- The Lure
- Author
- Picano, Felice
- Format/Binding
- Leatherette
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VeryGood
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- BCE/BOMC
- Publisher
- Delacorte
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1979
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Blacks Bookshop
Biblio member since 2021
Argillite, Kentucky
About Blacks Bookshop
A little country book shop nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains along the banks of the East Fork of Little Sandy River.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- X-Library
- A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.