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Ordeal by Innocence
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Cave Creek, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
The Book Club Collins 1959 Issued by the book club in later years it still comes with an attractive original dust jacket. Both in near fine condition. No ownership marks, no writing of any kind. Pages are tight, bright and clean. Dust is protected in a clear cover that as near as I can tell can be removed, carefully. No clipping, not ex-lib
Synopsis
While serving a sentence for killing his mother - a crime he insisted he didn't commit - Jacko Argyle dies in prison. Two years later, the man who could have supported Jacko's alibi suddenly turns up. It appears that Jacko was innocent... and that the murderer is part of the surviving family.The novel was first published in 1958 by William Collins Son & Co. in London, and in 1959 by Dodd, Mead & Co. in New York. It was filmed in 1984 by Golan-Gobus Productions in England starring Donald Sutherland, Sarah Miles and Christopher Plummer. The film adheres closely to the novel. The New York Times described the novel as one of Christie's most engaging works. "Characteristically surprising, trickily constructed and yet firmly based in character..."This book is dedicated, "To Billy Collins with affection and gratitude." It was he who lured Christie from the Bodley Head, which published her first six books, to Williams Collins Sons & Co in 1926. Now known as HarperCollins this company is UK publisher of Christie's books to this day. An adaptation of tihs novel was broadcast, with the addition of Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple, in 2007.
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- Seller
- Under the Covers Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 52
- Title
- Ordeal by Innocence
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Format/Binding
- Yellow cloth with black writing on spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Book Club Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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I sell mainly mysteries. Mostly vintage but some more modern.
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