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The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
by Hijuelos, Oscar
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Fine Condition
- Seller
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Houston, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1989. Book. Fair. Cloth. Signed by the Author. First Edition.. Signed first edition (hardcover) of the author's second novel. Cloth binding is tight with some minor foxing to the fore and top edges, minor shelfwear, as well as a small amount of foxing on the front free endpaper. Dustjacket is in near fine condition and has not been price clipped. Discreet remainder stamp "P" on bottom edge. Signed by author in blue on title page..
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
- Exquisite Corpse, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001202
- Title
- The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
- Author
- Hijuelos, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Fine Condition
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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