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Ivory Pearl by Jean-Patrick Manchette: Used
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A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. scuff marks, but no holes or tears. If this is a hard cover, the dust jacket may be missing. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. No highlighting of text, no writing in the margins, and no missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2018-05-01
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN
- 168137210X
- Book Title
- Ivory Pearl
- Publisher
- New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
- Item Length
- 8.1 in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Psychological, Thrillers / Political, Historical
- Item Weight
- 7.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 5 in
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
168137210X
ISBN-13
9781681372105
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24038799566
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ivory Pearl
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Thrillers / Political, Historical
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
7.5 Oz
Item Length
8.1 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-053685
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"His writing is lean and relentless." --David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times "In France, which long ago embraced American crime fiction, thrillers are referred to as polars . And in France the godfather and wizard of polars is Jean-Patrick Manchette.... [H]e's a massive figure.... There is gristle here, there is bone." -- The Boston Globe "Manchette is legend among all of the crime writers I know, and with good reason: hHis novels never fail to stun and thrill from page one." --Duane Swierczynski, author of Expiration Date "Manchette called crime novels 'the great moral literature of our time.' Manchette pushes the Situationist strategy of derive and detournement to the point of comic absurdity, throwing a wrench into the workings of his main characters' lives and gleefully recording the anarchy that results." --Jennifer Howard, Boston Review
Afterword by
Indiana, Gary
Dewey Decimal
843/.914
Synopsis
Set in Cuba's Sierra Maestra in the 1950s, in the days leading up to the Revolution--Manchette's unfinished masterpiece with a fearless female protagonist. Out of the wreckage of World War II swaggers Ivory Pearl, so named (rhymes with girl) by some British soldiers who made her their mascot, a mere kid, orphaned, survivor of God knows what, but fluent in French, English, smoking, and drinking. In Berlin, Ivy meets Samuel Farakhan, a rich closeted intelligence officer. Farakhan proposes to adopt her and help her to become the photographer she wants to be; his relationship to her will provide a certain cover for him. And she is an asset. The deal is struck... 1956: Ivy has seen every conflict the postwar world has on offer, from Vietnam to East Berlin, and has published her photographs in slick periodicals, but she is sick to death of death and bored with life and love. It's time for a break. Ivy heads to Cuba, the Sierra Maestra. History, however, doesn't take vacations. Ivory Pearl was Jean-Patrick Manchette's last book, representing a new turn in his writing. It was to be the first of a series of ambitious historical thrillers about the "wrong times" we live in. Though left unfinished when Manchette died, the book, whose full plot has been filled in here from the author's notes, is a masterpiece of bold suspense and black comedy: chilling, caustic, and perfectly choreographed.
LC Classification Number
PQ2673.A452P7513
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