Add this copy of Life Itself to cart. $4.00, good condition, Sold by Copperfield's Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Spring, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Mysterious Pr.
Add this copy of Life Itself to cart. $10.00, like new condition, Sold by Always Superior Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Mysterious Press.
Add this copy of Life Itself to cart. $12.00, very good condition, Sold by Eighth Day Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wichita, KS, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Mysterious Pr.
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Add this copy of Life Itself to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by ZENO'S rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Mysterious Press.
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Very Good jacket. New York. 1994. October 1994. Mysterious Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0892965185. Translated from the Spanish by Beth Henson. 209 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Jose Ortega & Rachel McClain. Jacket illustration by Jose Ortega. keywords: Latin America Mexico Mystery Translated Literature. DESCRIPTION-Jose Daniel Fierro is Mexico's most celebrated author of police thrillers. He's about to become something more. In the graffiti-festooned mining city of Santa Ana, three hundred years of oppression had led to a radical people's government. The brutal ruling class waits for its chance to crash back in-while the town's police chiefs keep getting killed. On the theory that Jose Daniel is too well-known to be murdered, the man of letters is invited by the city leaders to be the latest chief. On a whim, he accepts. Jose Daniel knows what Robert Mitchum would say when confronted by a beautiful amoral woman. He knows how Ross MacDonald might describe an encounter with a hit man. But when it comes to handguns, fingerprints, and dead bodies, the mystery writer is woefully unprepared. On his side he has a fearless marksman named Blind Man, a radio broadcaster who is also a master of propaganda, and an assortment of eccentric deputies. He needs them all. For gunmen interrupt his dinner with a hail of lead, a beautiful gringa turns up butchered in church, and a fearsome killer is found slain in the center of a ring of a flea-bitten circus. Now, in a web of madcap crime and deadly conspiracy, Jose Daniel is discovering the first essential truth about police work. Like life itself, the more you think you know the more you have to learn. LIFE ITSELF has echoes of Kafka, Conrad, and Marquez. It is at the same time a gripping mystery, a raucous adventures, a dark comedy, and a violent and haunting political indictment of the state of modern-day Mexico. inventory #20748.
Add this copy of Life Itself to cart. $17.43, very good condition, Sold by Chris Korczak, Bookseller rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Easthampton, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Mysterious Pr.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. First Edition. First edition, first printing (full numberline). Jacket is present with a little shelfwear, but nothing severe. Price on jacket flap is not clipped. First edition. We try to note every flaw we can find, and we are quite picky, so buy with confidence! 100% guaranteed!
Add this copy of Life Itself to cart. $17.99, very good condition, Sold by Bookmarc's rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from La Porte, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Mysterious Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. BY4-An ex-library first US edition hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has glue stains on the flaps, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc. ), glue stains on the endpapers, some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Translated from the Spanish by Beth Henson. The author is a winner of the Hammett Award from the International Association of Crime Writers and the Planeta/Mortiz Award. The main character in the story is the most celebrated author of police thrillers in Mexico. A mining city has suffered 300 years of oppression which has finally lead to a radical people's government. The brutal ruling class is waiting for a chance to get back into power but the town's police chiefs keep getting killed. The city government decide to ask the author to come to town as the new police chief, reasoning that the author's fame and reputation will keep him safe. He accepts the offer on a whim and soon finds himself in the center of a web of madcap crime and deadly conspiracy. 8.5"x5.75", 210 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Add this copy of Life Itself to cart. $20.00, like new condition, Sold by Murder By The Book rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cranston, RI, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Mysterious Press.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book 1st ed. Translated from the Spanish by Beth Henson, cover art by José Ortega, fine in dust jacket, very slight rubbing otherwise a fine copy. "In Taibo's irresistible noir-meets-magic realism approach, wit and politics are central to the narrative. Jose Daniel Fierro seems an unlikely candidate for police chief in the Mexican border town of Santa Ana. A crime writer who has never fired a gun, he's also something of a coward. On the other hand, he's a quick study, a mine of crime fiction and movie lore-and he's alive, which is than can be said for the two previous chiefs of his town, a communist outpost that boasts a colorful revolutionary and counterrevolutionary past. After Jose deals with his first few crimes, the story picks up steam when the stabbed and naked corpse of an American woman is discovered in the church. In her nearby motel room, Jose finds a bloody yellow dress and the picture of a young child. Looking for the killer sends him into the big leagues, at which point the narrative detours begin to make sense. Taibo (No Happy Ending) may scant suspense here, but he delivers on all other fronts, peppering his prose with dark laughs that illuminate the human condition."--Publishers Weekly.
Add this copy of Life Itself to cart. $22.15, like new condition, Sold by Swan Trading Company rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from GEORGETOWN, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Mysterious Pr.
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Like New. Size: 5x0x8; 1st/1st. Pristine. Hardcover and unclipped dust jacket in protective Mylar shows almost no wear. Text is unmarked and binding tight. We ship DAILY!
