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Paradise Screwed
by Hiaasen, Carl, Edited By Diane Stevenson
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York; (2001): G. P. Putman's Sons. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 418pp. This is a collection of Miami Herald columns, written with a satiric wit and biting humor. He writes about the fat cat politicians to migrating mobsters, drowning dolphins to stray chads. He even takes on the 2000 presidential election recount. Bound in 1/4 black cloth over black paper covered boards stamped with a pink fish, spine lettering pink. A near fine copy in a near fine pictorial dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010690
- Title
- Paradise Screwed
- Author
- Hiaasen, Carl, Edited By Diane Stevenson
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putman's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York; (2001)
- Keywords
- Crooked Politicians, Environment
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
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