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The Soloist

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Viking Adult. As New in Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670809004 . This specific hardback book is in like new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in fine condition with little wear if any. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "At thirty-four, piano soloist Max Randal has hit a wall. It's been four years since his last live performance, and his manager is intent on revitalizing his career with a big concert at Carnegie Hall. As if that wouldn't be enough for Max to worry about, as he struggles to prepare, the ghosts of his failed relationships have come to haunt him  his first ex-wife is dying, his second ex-wife wants to get back together, the mother of his child has taken off for Europe and unexpectedly left him to care for their nine-year-old, and his present girlfriend now wants to get serious. Believe it or not, the plot only gets thicker.Merging dozens of characters and events into a seamless narrative, gifted novelist and poet Nicholas Christopher delivers a compelling tale. Like an exhilarating performance, The Soloist takes you on a brilliant adventure that resonates even once it's over."; 9.10 X 5.80 X 1.20 inches; 306 pages .
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  • ISBN 10 0670809004
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  • Publisher Viking Adult
  • Date Published 1986
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Viking Adult, 1986-01-29. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 9x5x1. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & foxing on edges of text block. Discolorations & price tag residue on front pastedown. Dj lightly shelf worn with scuffs, creases & foxing on inner side.
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New York. 1986. January 1986. Viking Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0670809004. 306 pages. hardcover. Jacket art by Michael Tedesco. keywords: Literature America . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Suffering a kind of housemaid's knee of the fingers, piano prodigy Max Randal stumbles over the keys trying to recover the virtuosity that for 10 years has made him the toast of the music world and will reaffirm his position when he plays at Carnegie Hall a few months hence. At the moment, however, he seems more involved with wine and women than with song; his first wife dies tragically, his second duns him for thousands in alimony, his third sets him up for re-seduction, and his interim companion goes after him with a knife. In between, his 9-going-on-19-year-old daughter Daphne is thrust upon him while her mother traipses around Europe, disregarding Max's need to practice undisturbed except by sex, speed and Scotch. His best friend, furthermore, flies off on a mysterious mission to (of all… Read More
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Viking, NY, 1986, 306 pgs. First/First in Very Good/Near Fine condition. The book has some edge/shelfwear, soiling, bumping,and a remainder mark to bottom. The DJ light shelfwear, and a bit of toning. Otherwise tight, square, clean, and unclipped (please review photos). Debut novel of a musician's "dark night of the soul" and his discovery of what he needs to revitalize his career. All books bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box.
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THE SOLOIST

by CHRISTOPHER, NICOLAS

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NY: THE VIKING PRESS. owner's initials to ffep. . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1986.
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The Soloist: A Novel
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The Soloist: A Novel

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New York: Viking, 1986. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. AS NEW. Author first novel. Author of several poety books including ON TOUR WITH RITA.
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1986. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, some very light shelf wear, blue remainder mark on the bottom of the outer page edges, overall a clean used first edition (stated)! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Red boards quarterbound by black cloth with red lettering on the spine. Deckle page edges. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! Extremely scarce and out-of-print! Author's first novel. 306 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "Max Randal is in trouble. A superb pianist, darling of the critics, he has not performed in four years. The proficiency is there, but the magic is not: his playing is flat. Two wives have left him; so has the motehr of his only child. And he is afraid. The summer of his thirty-fourth year, he schedules a major tour, daring himself to revitalize his career ---- and his life. It is a summer fuller and… Read More
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The Soloist [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
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by Christopher, Nicholas

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Viking Adult, 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page (signature only) and separately signed and inscribed/dated 'for John with love and affection' by the author on the first free endpaper. No stated edition or number line (1st printing). Dust jacket is fine in protective mylar sleeve. Book has shelfwear to the base of the spine and mild toning to the edges of the pageblock. 'Inscribed by the author' sticker. By the Amy Lowell Poetry traveling scholarship-, New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship-, National Endowment for the Arts fellowship-, Peter I.B. Lavan Award-, Guggenheim fellowship-, and Poetry Society of America fellowship-winning author of 'The Bestiary' and 'A Trip to the Stars'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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