Mali is very dangerous--First I look at the purse--Peaches Who Big Bob? --Uncle Moustapha's eclipse--Gettin to be like the studs--The voice--The honey boys--How I met Idi at the Bassi Dakaru Restaurant--Rebirth.
129p., very good first edition in cloth boards and gilt, unclipped dj with faded spine. Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner selected by Margaret Atwood. African American author's first book.
First Edition, First Printing. Published by University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988. Octavo. Green cloth boards stamped in gold with red endpapers. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with very light shelf wear. Light fading to spine. 129 pages. ISBN: 0822935899. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!
First Edition, First Printing. Published by University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988. Octavo. Green cloth boards stamped in gold with red endpapers. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with very light shelf wear. Light fading to spine. 129 pages. ISBN: 0822935899. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!
PB/pub.1988/Fair condition/129 pages - These stories display an enviable verbal panache, a wacky inventiveness, and, from time to time, a directness and honesty that makes you squirm. Black experience in both Africa and America. [KI123493]
8vo, pp. 129. Green cloth. A nice copy in price-clipped and little soiled dj. Ten short stories; winner of the eighth Drue Heinz Literature Prize for short fiction.
SIGNED & DATED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ALSO ON THE DEDICATION PAGE. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 129 pages. Author's first book. GIFT GIVING CONDITION.
Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & foxing on edges of text block. Signed by author on title page. Inscribed by author on dedication page. Dj lightly shelf worn with small scuffs & scratches. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.
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