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THE TWENTY-SEVENTH CITY.
by Franzen, Jonathan
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good in stiff illustrated wrappers (crease to lower corner of front cover, some rubbing to edges of covers, no creases on t
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About This Item
New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, 1988.. SIGNED first edition -. Very good in stiff illustrated wrappers (crease to lower corner of front cover, some rubbing to edges of covers, no creases on the spine.) . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) An amazing first novel, set in St. Louis (the "27th city " in size now) where a young woman from Bombay has just been chosen as the police chief - a story of suspense, conspiracy and love. Franzen was selected as one of the 20 best young American novelists by Granta magazine, and his later novel, The Corrections, won the National Book Award and catapulted him to the position of being one of the 'hottest' of young American writers. SIGNED on the title page. According to the information on the back cover, the first printing of this first novel was an unusually large 40,000 copies, and even this advance issue was produced in many copies, although obviously it is much less common than the hardcover issue. 517 pages.
Synopsis
The Twenty-Seventh City is a 1988 novel by Jonathan Franzen, his first. The story of the Probst family's unraveling is set among intricate political conspiracy and financial upheaval in 20th century St. Louis, Missouri.
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- Bookfever.com, IOBA
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 53168
- Title
- THE TWENTY-SEVENTH CITY.
- Author
- Franzen, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in stiff illustrated wrappers (crease to lower corner of front cover, some rubbing to edges of covers, no creases on t
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1988.
- Keywords
- arc, proof, st louis, missouri, granta novelist,
- Bookseller catalogs
- First book or first novel;
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