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The Little Drummer Girl
by le Carr, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition (1st imp), unclipped d/j, brown clothbound boards, gilt spine titiling bright; text block firm (v slight
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1983. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition (1st imp), unclipped d/j, brown clothbound boards, gilt spine titiling bright; text block firm (v slight forward lean), pages crisp and unmarked (top edges black). Some foxing on edges and endpapers. . 8vo: royal (250 x 170 / 10"" x 6_""). Charlie, a jobbing young English actress, is accustomed to playing different roles. But when the mysterious, battle-scarred Joseph recruits her into the Israeli secret services, she enters the dangerous 'theatre of the real'. As she acts out her part in an intricate, high-stakes plot to trap and kill a Palestinian terrorist, it threatens to consume her. Set in the tragic arena of the Middle East conflict, this compelling story of love and torn loyalties plays out against the backdrop of an unwinnable war. 'The Little Drummer Girl is about spies as Madame Bovary is about adultery or Crime and Punishment about crime' The New York Times
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132517
- Title
- The Little Drummer Girl
- Author
- le Carr, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition (1st imp), unclipped d/j, brown clothbound boards, gilt spine titiling bright; text block firm (v slight
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 430
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, espionage, Cold War, le Carr, pseudonym, Israel
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo: royal (250 x 170 / 10\"\" x 6_\"\")
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