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OYSTER.

OYSTER. Hardcover first edition - 1998

by Hospital, Janette Turner

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New York:: Norton,, (1998.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First US printing. The 9th book of this award-winning Australian-born author, and one of her most powerful books, short-listed for the Miles Franklin and the National Book Award and Canada's Trillium award. From the dj flap: "Outer Maroo, a small opal mining town in the Australian outback, is stewing in heat, drought, and guilty anxiety... Until the day two strangers, on the trail of a missing son and daughter, refuse to succumb to accidents. The town 's repressed secrets begin to dislodge themselves... And at the heart of this mystery is the cult Messiah, Oyster, dressed in white, sexually compelling, and preaching the end of time." 400 pp.
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  • Title OYSTER.
  • Author Hospital, Janette Turner
  • Binding Hardcover first edition -
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition Used - Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Norton,, New York:
  • Date (1998.)
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 35521
  • ISBN 9780393046182 / 0393046184
  • Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.63 x 5.94 x 1.41 in (21.92 x 15.09 x 3.58 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Detective and mystery stories, Queensland - Fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97-34071
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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