THE UNWITTING
by Feldman, Ellen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Spiegel & Grau/Random House, 2014. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. The lastest of a half-dozen, brilliantly written historical novels set in 20th century United States, "The Unwitting" tells the story of a young woman journalist, the wife of a rising New York City magazine editor during the Cold War era. On the day of President Kennedy's assassination in 1963, she learns her husband has also been murdered in a mugging. In the midst of her grief, she also learns her husband's magazine is a CIA front organization and her husband a knowing CIA supporter. Suddenly what she had felt was a strong, enduring marriage begins to come apart amid questions of conflicted allegiances, personal betrayals and enforced secrecy. An unread advance review copy with publisher's materials laid-in. First Printing, First Edition Both book and dustjacket in Very Fine, collectable condition.
Synopsis
Ellen Feldman is a Guggenheim Fellow and the author of four novels, including Next to Love and Scottsboro, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She lives in New York City.
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Details
- Seller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 005330
- Title
- THE UNWITTING
- Author
- Feldman, Ellen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Spiegel & Grau/Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2014
- Keywords
- MODERN NOVEL, FIRST EDITION, MARRIAGE, CIA, COLD WAR, JOURNALISM, NEW YORK, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Literature; Advance Reading/Review Copy; Historical Novel;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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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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- Advance Review Copy
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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