THE ONLY GIRL IN THE GAME
by MacDonald, John D
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A nearly fine copy in a very good or somewhat better dust jacket with light edge rubbing and light shelf wear to spine ends, mod
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Robert Hale Limited, [1962]. First hardcover edition. A nearly fine copy in a very good or somewhat better dust jacket with light edge rubbing and light shelf wear to spine ends, moderate soiling to spine panel and several tiny closed tear to lower front panel with a crease. Uncommon. (17244). Octavo, boards. Fine noirish fiction from a master. "He [MacDonald] was particularly fascinated by people on the margins of a corrupt enterprise. In 1960's "The Only Girl in the Game", a desolate novel about the operation of a Las Vegas casino, he writes with equal sympathy about the manager who wants to get something unpleasant done and isn't fussy about the details, and the underling who knows all too much but thinks he can stay in his job and keep his own hands clean. The result is a portrait of American business so unsparing it makes "Mad Men" look like "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." - Lee Sandlin, book review in the Wall Street Journal, September 2013 (for a newly released edition of the book). Hubin, p. 526.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17244
- Title
- THE ONLY GIRL IN THE GAME
- Author
- MacDonald, John D
- Book Condition
- Used - A nearly fine copy in a very good or somewhat better dust jacket with light edge rubbing and light shelf wear to spine ends, mod
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First hardcover edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Robert Hale Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1962]
- Keywords
- Mystery
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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