The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
by Oscar Hijuelos
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0374201250
- ISBN 13
- 9780374201258
- Seller
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Bonners Ferry, Idaho, United States
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About This Item
Book is in Very Good+ condition; corners lightly bumped, edges of page block very lightly soiled, no other defects noted. Jacket is in Very Good- condition; lightly scuffed, edges rubbed a little at spine ends and corners, one 1/2" closed tear at top front of spine, no other defects noted. Hinges fine, no marks noted to interior, jacket not clipped. Book is SIGNED, only, by author on title page. See photos.
Synopsis
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love is a 1989 novel by Oscar Hijuelos. It is about the lives of two Cuban brothers and musicians, Cesar and Nestor Castillo, who immigrate to the United States and settle in New York City in the early 1950s. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1990, being the first novel by an American-born Hispanic to do so. It was the basis for a 1992 motion picture, The Mambo Kings, as well as a musical in 2005.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bonners Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 081621C
- Title
- The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
- Author
- Oscar Hijuelos
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374201250
- ISBN 13
- 9780374201258
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1989
- Pages
- 407
- Size
- 6 1/4" x 9 1/4"
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