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Missionary Stew

by Ross Thomas (1926-1995) inscribed

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
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ISBN 10
0671493639
ISBN 13
9780671493639
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300 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in quarter black cloth with salmon colored boards and gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial. Inscribed by the author. First edition.

Missionary Stew follows Draper Haere on a frenetic hunt to uncover the secret behind a right-wing coup in an named Central American country, and he hires Morgan Citron's investigative talents to help get to the bottom of things. The truth, they are told, is enough to knock the opposition right out of the White House in 84, clearing the way for Haeres candidate. On hand to thwart their efforts are Gladys Citron, Morgans mother and editor of a sensationalist American tabloid, and Byron Shelley Keats, Velveetas father and speculator in automated discount shoe-stores and cocaine. The elder Citron and Keats hold the key to a mysterious $55 million drug war waged by the FBI against the CIA, and they will stop at nothing, including the possible murder of their own children, to prevent their secret from being discovered. Missionary Stew is a brilliantly outrageous and subversively witty romp through a corrupt Central American regime bankrolled by US dollars-a fast-paced, intricately plotted novel certain to delight the most demanding and sophisticated reader.

Condition: Inscription to title, Shuster's stamp to heal end pages. else a near fine copy in a fine jacket.

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Bookseller
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
L4299
Title
Missionary Stew
Author
Ross Thomas (1926-1995) inscribed
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0671493639
ISBN 13
9780671493639
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1983
Pages
300 pages
Size
Octavo
Keywords
Mystery, Espionage. Detective and Thriller
Bookseller catalogs
Literature;

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