Isbn: 9780679425526 - the devil's own work: a novel (16 resultados)

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Hardback. Condición: Very Good. More chills in its little length than in a whole shelf of bestsellers. - Stephen King At once moral fable, cautionary ghost story and inspired attack on the whole hellbent drift of modern letters, this is a splendid tale, splendidly told, which Ford or Henry James would have been glad to have written. - Robert Nye, Guardian Wry and insightful . . . toys with the notion of demonic possession but becomes a thoroughly realistic and highly original story of revenge; a chilling cautionary tale. - Elaine Kendall, Los Angeles Times A brief return to the world of Faust, Mephistopheles and the Devil pact. Mr. Judd . . . achieves a deep polish. - Robert Grudin, The New York Times Book Review After Edward, a rising young author, pens a savage review of the new novel by the world-famous O.M. Tyrell, he is surprised to receive an invitation to visit the old man at his villa in the south of France. The night of their meeting, Tyrell dies, and soon after, Edward's career mysteriously starts to soar as he earns fame, fortune and critical acclaim. But despite his achievements, Edward seems haunted, even tormented. His friend, the narrator, begins to put together the pieces of the story: an ancient, inscrutable manuscript, a beautiful, ageless woman who attaches herself to any writer who possesses it, and a bargain to achieve success at a terrible price . . . Winner of Britain's prestigious Guardian Fiction Prize, Alan Judd's modern classic The Devil's Own Work (1991) is, as Owen King writes in the new introduction to this edition, a perfect novel about the demonic possession that is literary ambition. This edition also features a new afterword by the author, in which he reveals the inspirations for this haunting tale.…

Hardcover. Condición: USED Good.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. F. Knopf (New York), 1994. First American edition. Hardbound. New in dust jacket. A perfect unread copy. Novel. 0.0.

Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1994.First Edition, First Printing. FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. Pristine. As new. Unread. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.

Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First American Edition. First American Edition. 8vo. Cloth. 115 p. Winner of the coveted Guardian Fiction Prize in England, this is a subtle, hallucinatory tale of possession. Minor imperfections to dustjacket. Near fine in very good jacket in mylar cover.…

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Hardcover/Hardback. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine unread or lightly read stated first edition. Free of owner's marks. Tinted top textblock sunned. Base spine knocked and spine slightly canted. Dust jacket near fine in protective archival sleeve.…

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st. Hardcover first edition in very good condition with a mylar wrapped dust jacket.

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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Affectionately Inscribed to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco by the author. A novel.