Isbn: 9780517546499 - colombian gold: a novel of power and corruption (9 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Fair.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condición: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Random House Value Publishing 1983-05-01 00:00:00 Binding: Hardcover NF. in NF dj dj in mylar 180 pages. 1st edition. 8vo.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Signed and inscribed by the author on the ffep as follows: "To Mrs. Finnegan,/with love, gratitude/ and friendship./Jaime Manrique. Number line in the work reads as follows: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. The number ten is circled and the initials J. M. are written just above it. Volume itself has blue and orange covers 180 pages. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality Brodart cover. D. J. is not price-clipped. On the outer edge of the pages it appears a small circular spot, less than the size of a dime, might have been removed that has no effect on the book itself. A quite nice, author signed, first edition, first printing, first novel; available for immediate shipment, carefully packed and shipped in a sturdy box. Signed By the Author.…

hardcover. Condición: Very Good in Dustjacket. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. New York. 1983. Potter. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0517546493. Translated from the Spanish by Sara Nelson & The Author. 180 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by David Monteil. Jacket design by Gad Towey Dillon.Jacket photograph by Nancy Crampton. keywords: Latin America Colombia Literature. DESCRIPTION - Santiago Villalba, the illegitimate son of a wealthy landowner, suffers the extremes of contemporary malaise. He is ambivalent, disaffected, apolitical, bisexual, addicted to cocaine. As the story opens, Santiago and his wife return to the place of his birth, Barranquilla, and to the bedside of his ailing father, who has inspired a driving hatred in his son. This rage extends to his stepfather, who is grooming him to take over the family business (once bananas, now marijuana) and urging him to prepare himself for political office and 'assume the responsibilities of his class.' When his father dies, Santiago believes he is finally free, only to find himself at the hub of a nightmarish world in which each of the principals in his life (Beatrice, his wife who lives in a semidarkened room; Mario, the cynical childhood friend who says 'It's them or it's us'; Caridad, his sensuous and cruel lover whose 'job' is director of the secret police) leads him into further confusion, corruption, and disaster. Finally, despised and endangered by both his 'friends' and enemies, he is forced to take action. In his first novel, Jaime Manrique demonstrates a vigorous and startling talent. Kindred spirit to Nathanael West, Manrique takes dazzling leaps and creates powerful imagery that lingers in the mind. With his eye for the bizarre, the ironic, the humorous, he has given us a drama about South America in the 1980s that is spare, vivid, and arresting. 'Colombian Gold is like reading a movie. a film noir running wild.' - PAULINE KAEL. 'An excellent action novel that is at the same time a terse literary object.' - MANUEL PUIG. 'Jaime Manrique has created a world akin to the Elizabethan Revenger's Tragedy as the setting for a tale of violence and corruption in present-day Colombia that is horrifying and ultimately exalting.' - JOHN ASHBERY. 'Colombian Gold is studded with unforgettable characterizations, in a portrait of a rotten society with the bare bones of corruption poking through.' - WILLIAM BURROUGHS. inventory #5507. …

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First American edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket with sight edgewear.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First American edition. Tall octavo. 180pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Advance copy with material and an author photo laid in. Complimentary jacket blurbs from Pauline Kael, Manuel Puig, John Ashbery, and William Burroughs.

1/4 Cloth. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Advance Review Copy; First Printing. A first Printing of the First American Edition, Advance Review Copy, in Fine condition and housed in a barely worn alike dust-jacket. There is an insert from the publisher laid in; In Colombian Gold, Jaime Manrique tells the story of the Cali Cartel as it battles the rival Medellin Cartel for control of the world's most lucrative drug trade. Manrique weaves a complex and thrilling tale of greed, violence, and betrayal, set against the stunningly beautiful backdrop of Colombia's rugged Andes.; 8vo; 180 pages. …