A Book of Common Prayer
by DIDION, Joan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0671224913
- ISBN 13
- 9780671224912
- Seller
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A lovely copy. The fourth novel by the author Run River and Play It as It Lays. The novel is the story of two American women in the derelict and fictional Central American nation of Boca Grande.
Synopsis
A Book of Common Prayer is a 1977 novel by Joan Didion. It is a story of both personal and political tragedy in the imaginary Central American country of "Boca Grande. " In 1983 Didion would publish Salvador, a book of essays on corruption and violence in El Salvador; the fiction and non-fiction reflect a similar perspective of rage and despair.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sawtooth Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28161
- Title
- A Book of Common Prayer
- Author
- DIDION, Joan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- ISBN 10
- 0671224913
- ISBN 13
- 9780671224912
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sawtooth Rare Books
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
About Sawtooth Rare Books
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