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A DANGEROUS BUSINESS JANE SMILEY 2022 SIGNED 1ST EDITION 1ST PRINTING Near Fine
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- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- Signed By
- Jane Smiley
- Signed
- Yes
- Book Series
- n/a
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Edition
- First Edition
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Novel
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- 1st Edition, 1st Printing
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780525520337
- Book Title
- Dangerous Business : a Novel
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Contemporary Women, Literary, Historical
- Item Width
- 6.6 in
- Item Weight
- 17.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author of A Thousand Acres An amazing "mash-up of a Western, a serial-killer mystery and a feminist-inflected tale of life in a bordello" ( The Washington Post). In 1850s Gold Rush California two young prostitutes, best friends Eliza and Jean, attempt to find their way in a lawless town on the fringes of the Wild West--a bewitching combination of beauty and danger--as what will become the Civil War looms on the horizon. "Everyone knows that this is a dangerous business, but between you and me, being a woman is a dangerous business, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise..." Monterey, 1851. Ever since her husband was killed in a bar fight, Eliza Ripple has been working in a brothel. It seems like a better life, at least at first. The madam, Mrs. Parks, is kind, the men are (relatively) well behaved, and Eliza has attained what few women have: financial security. But when the dead bodies of young women start appearing outside of town, a darkness descends that she can't resist confronting. Side by side with her friend Jean, and inspired by her reading, especially by Edgar Allan Poe's detective Dupin, Eliza pieces together an array of clues to try to catch the killer, all the while juggling clients who begin to seem more and more suspicious. Eliza and Jean are determined not just to survive, but to find their way in a lawless town on the fringes of the Wild West--a bewitching combination of beauty and danger--as what will become the Civil War looms on the horizon. As Mrs. Parks says, "Everyone knows that this is a dangerous business, but between you and me, being a woman is a dangerous business, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise ..."
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0525520333
ISBN-13
9780525520337
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11057233710
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dangerous Business : a Novel
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Contemporary Women, Literary, Historical
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Item Weight
17.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3569.M39d36 2022
Reviews
"The forthcoming Jane Smiley novel, A Dangerous Business, is so outstanding. Her sentences are sublime." --Roxane Gay, via Twitter, "A remarkable story of the California gold rush and a pair of sex worker sleuths . . . The vivid historical details and vibrant characters bring Smiley's setting to glorious life. This seductive entertainment is not to be missed." -- Publishers Weekly (starred, boxed) "Jane Smiley has a book coming out later this year that is superb, now you know." --Rumaan Alam, via Twitter "The forthcoming Jane Smiley novel, A Dangerous Business, is so outstanding. Her sentences are sublime." --Roxane Gay, via Twitter, A CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS MUST READ * A POPSUGAR THRILLING NEW MYSTERY BOOK OF THE YEAR "Pulitzer-winning Smiley's evocative sense of place and nuanced exploration of women's roles in nineteenth-century American life nicely complement the portrait of Eliza and her determined effort to forge her own path . . . Highly recommended." --Christine Tran, Booklist (starred) "A remarkable story of the California gold rush and a pair of sex worker sleuths . . . The vivid historical details and vibrant characters bring Smiley's setting to glorious life. This seductive entertainment is not to be missed." -- Publishers Weekly (starred, boxed) "Jane Smiley has a book coming out later this year that is superb, now you know." --Rumaan Alam, via Twitter "The forthcoming Jane Smiley novel, A Dangerous Business, is so outstanding. Her sentences are sublime." --Roxane Gay, via Twitter
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2022-007952
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