Shakespeare, Nicholas

The High Flyer

Hardcover, London: Harvill, 1993. First Edition. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. "The High Flyer is a vivacious human comedy, whose rich array of characters includes a dispossessed Ukrainian aristocrat, a survivor of an ugly incident in the Algerian civil war, an amorous librarian in whose arms died Ernesto Ortiz, conductor of the Abyla Philharmonic and a hundred adulterous affairs, and an English deep-sea diver who mysteriously seems to know everybody's secrets." Ships same or next business day. Text block is partially pulled away from spine head, spine is slightly tilted, tiny rub on tail edge of back board, tiny tears on fore-edge of pages 364-372; overall, pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minimal edge and shelf wear, faint crease on spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 382 pages. [Item #61504]

Price: $35.00