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0316876208
ISBN 13
9780316876209
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj and white+gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Minimal creasing to top+ bottom edges,head+foot of spine/backstrip - due in part to slightly oversized dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright, tight and near pristine.Bright,clean,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped black gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate black endpapers.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,6-791pp+ii-xxxvii [appendix,glossary of names, acknowledgements,notes and bibliography - paginated] plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,an appreciation, contents list/table,note on style (of prose) and notes about the author and the type used,to rear. In 'Oswald's Tale:An American Mystery',Mailer reconstructs the life of this ambitious if doom-laden young man,giving a full account for the first time not only of the Minsk years,a hitherto uncharted period in Oswald's life, but also of Oswald's disastrous childhood, his years in the Marine Corps,and the events leading from his return to the United States in 1961 to his death in Dallas in 1963. The portrait of Oswald that emerges will greatly surprise readers who have thought of Oswald as a hapless loner; socially awkward, inarticulate,and an unremarkable loser.A non-fiction masterpiece,a work of meticulous research and reportage,but the reporter in this case is America's most distinguished novelist,who comes to the task only with a sober respect for the facts,but with a novelist's power to bring these facts to vibrant life. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight of this item - just over 1.5Kg unpackaged - for correct, insured shipping/ P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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In perhaps his most important literary feat, Norman Mailer fashions an unprecedented portrait of one of the great villains—and enigmas—in United States history. Here is Lee Harvey Oswald—his family background, troubled marriage, controversial journey to Russia, and return to an “America -waiting- for him like an angry relative whose eyes glare in the heat.” Based on KGB and FBI transcripts, government reports, letters and diaries, and Mailer’s own international research, this is an epic account of a man whose cunning, duplicity and self-invention were both at home in and at odds with the country he forever altered. (Publisher’s Summary)

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R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
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Title
OSWALD'S TALE: AN AMERICAN MYSTERY.
Author
MAILER**, NORMAN:
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - FINE.
Jacket Condition
Near FINE.
Quantity Available
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Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
ISBN 10
0316876208
ISBN 13
9780316876209
Publisher
LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN & CO (UK),1995.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
1995
Keywords
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