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SPIDER
by McGrath, Patrick
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0671665103
- ISBN 13
- 9780671665104
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Poseidon Press, 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. McGrath's fictional forebearers are authors such as Wilde, Poe, Kafka and Stephen King. "Spider," according to Kirkus Reviews, ". is a truly unnerving and subversive narrative -- a study in madness worthy of Poe." Spider is a strange, lonely man who returns to London after a 20 year absence to take a room in a seedy boardinghouse where he begins to write the story of his boyhood, of mother and murder, a story of psychotic illness seen from the inside. First edition, first printing (with complete numberline). About 5 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches, 221 pages in blue paper-covered boards with dark fuschia backstrip and gold lettering on spine. Dustjacket's front panel shows cityscape painting by Wendell Minor featuring a canal flowing toward viewer with white skull in the water. Lettering on front panel and spine is grey and red. Back panel has three blurbs with praise for McGrath's previous work. Photo of author on back flap. Boards and text show only a touch of edge wear, very minimal bumping of lower front corner. O/w book is complete, clean and unmarked. Binding tight and square. Not ex-library, not remaindered. Dustjacket is price-clipped, with minimal rubbing and surface wear. No tears, no creases, no chipping. "Spider" is the basis for a 2002 psychological thriller film by David Cronenberg.
Synopsis
Patrick McGrath was born in London and grew up near Broadmoor Hospital, where for many years his father was medical superintendent. He is the author of Blood and Water and Other Tales , The Grotesque , Spider , Dr. Haggard's Disease , and Martha Peake , and he was the co-editor, with Bradford Morrow, of The New York Gothic . He lives in New York City and London, and is married to actress Maria Aitken.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005840
- Title
- SPIDER
- Author
- McGrath, Patrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0671665103
- ISBN 13
- 9780671665104
- Publisher
- Poseidon Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- MODERN NOVEL, FIRST EDITION, LONDON, ENGLAND, MENTAL ILLNESS, MURDER, SEX, HORROR, CRIME, GOTHIC GENRE,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime; England; Biography/Memoirs;
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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