BROKEN - SIX SHORT NOVELS. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE-/FINE-. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black felt-tip ink signature to a 'Signed by the author' simulated bookplate to front free endpaper,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,repeated cityscape colour photographic illustrated panels of dw/dj,with capitalised,glossy, orange-lettered author's name,and capitalised,glossy white-lettered part-title,capitalised white lettered advert strapline and other white lettered critic's (Stephen King) review/quote,and b/w capitalised, glossy 'SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR' adhesive roundel to front panel of dw/dj,thumbnail detail from front's colour photograph repeated to spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name+part-title repeated from front and publisher's white-lettered+ illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with critics' orange+white lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,minimal bumping with reciprocal creasing to head of spine/backstrip,dw/dj's rear top edge extending to rear inner flap with minimal creasing – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges generally clean - possible light thumbing to fore-edge but without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to pages' corner tips though there is an accidental,tiny top corner fold to pp227/8,else would appear unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked bronze gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate repeated dw/dj's colour photographic illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, author SIGNED,1st edn,2-338pp [paginated] includes 6 stories; plus [unpaginated] half-title with author's potted biography with publisher's advert for author's previously published titles to its reverse,a b/w cityscape skyline illustrated title page,a dedication page,a Stephen King epigram,Contents list/table - the latter three with a blank reverse each,two individual story separator pages - 'Crime 101' for Mr Steve McQueen and 'The San Diego Zoo' for Mr Elmore Leonard respectively,and to the rear 4pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional example for its cleanliness and brightness. A riveting collection of original fiction from the revered #1 International bestselling author of 'The Cartel Trilogy' and 'The Force'. No matter how you come into this world,you come out broken . . . In six intense,haunting short novels,Don Winslow returns to the themes that are hallmarks of his acclaimed body of work - crime, corruption, vegeance justice, loss, betrayal, guilt, and redemption - to explore the savagery and nobility that drive and define the human condition. The collection includes the volume's title story, police despatcher Eva McNabb takes the call on a police officer's brutal murder by a vicious drug gang.It's her own kid, Danny. Then Eva makes her own call.Summoning her elder son,Jimmy,also a cop,Eva commands: Avenge your brother. I want you to kill them all. Other stories are: Crime 101, The San Diego Zoo, Sunset, Paradise, and The Last Ride. In 'Broken', Winslow creates a world of high-level thieves and low-life crooks, obsessed cops and jaded private detectives, dope dealers and government agents, bounty hunters and fugitives.Diverse and richly drawn,these characters - some familiar,others new - are lost souls driving without headlights on the dark highway of modern America.Set in New Orleans and Hawaii,Southern California and south Texas,each story in this collection is distinctly Winslow,shaped by his trademark blend of insight, humanity, humour, drama, and consummate literary craftmanship. A powerful, gripping collection of tales that will become classics of crime fiction,'Broken' is Don Winslow at his nerveshattering,heartbreaking best. The author of 21 acclaimed,award-winning international bestsellers, including New York Times bestseller and sensation 'The Force' and the #1 international bestsellers 'The Cartel', 'The Power of the Dog', 'Savages' and 'The Winter of Frankie Machine'. 'Savages' was made into a major film by three-time Oscar winning writer-director Oliver Stone. 'The Power of the Dog', 'The Cartel' and 'The Border' sold to FX in a major multi-million dollar deal to air as a weekly series beginning in 2020. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. 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