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Tor, New York, 2011. First edition. Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Very light edge wear on dust jacket, price sticker on rear cover. Remainder mark at top edge.Jean le Flambeur gets up in the morning and has to kill himself before his other self can kill him first. Just another day in the Dilemma Prison.The Quantum Thief is a breathtaking joyride through the solar system several centuries hence, a world of marching cities, ubiquitous public-key encryption, people who communicate via shared memory, and a race of hyper-advanced humans who originated as an MMORPG guild. But for all its wonders, The Quantum Thief is also a story powered by very human motives of betrayal, jealousy, and revenge.

Grove, New York, 1987. First trade paperback edition. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, spine has creasing and slight scuffing, rear cover has light scuffing.Querelle of Brest was first published anonymously in 1947 and limited to 460 numbered copies. It is set in the midst of the port town of Brest, where sailors and the sea are associated with murder. Its protagonist, Georges Querelle, is a bisexual thief, prostitute, and serial killer who manipulates and kills his lovers for thrills and profit. The novel formed the basis for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's last film, Querelle (1982).

Condition: Near fine book in very good plus dust jacket, light bumps at corners, dust jacket has very light edge wear and creases.French edition of Who Stole My Cheese, how to adapt to change at work, with family, and love.

Grove, New York, 1987. First printing in this Evergreen edition. Condition: Very good, light edge wear and corner bumps, small crease at top front corner, spine nicks, faint abrasion at middle rear cover.This tender and nostalgic work dates from the same period as Tropic of Cancer (1934). It is a celebration of love, art, and the Bohemian life at a time just before the world entered another period of madness, and Miller an obscure, penniless young writer in Paris. Whether discussing the early days of his long friendship with Alfred Perles or his escapades at the Club Melody brothel, in Quiet Days in Clichy Miller describes a period that would shape his entire life and oeuvre.