Rheinhardt, a disc jockey and failed musician, rolls into New Orleans in the aftermath of Mardi Gras looking for work and another chance in life. What he finds is a woman named Geraldine who is physically and psychically damaged by the men in her past, and a job that involves him with a right-wing political movement. Sparked by the group's 'Patriotic Revival', the city erupts into a riot of madness, destruction and death that is a test of all Rheinhardt's fast-talking survival skills. Peopled with civil-rights activists, ...
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Rheinhardt, a disc jockey and failed musician, rolls into New Orleans in the aftermath of Mardi Gras looking for work and another chance in life. What he finds is a woman named Geraldine who is physically and psychically damaged by the men in her past, and a job that involves him with a right-wing political movement. Sparked by the group's 'Patriotic Revival', the city erupts into a riot of madness, destruction and death that is a test of all Rheinhardt's fast-talking survival skills. Peopled with civil-rights activists, fanatic Christians, corrupt politicians and demented Hollywood stars, A Hall of Mirrors vividly depicts the dark side of America that erupted in the 1960s. 'Stone writes like a bird, like an angel, like a circus barker, like a con man, like someone so high on pot that he is scraping his shoes on the stars' Wallace Stegner 'Stone is perhaps America's most powerful chronicler of post-Vietnam angst, a part-time college professor whose novels are an apocalyptic mix of adventure, politics, religion, violence and death . . . Stone writes fiction full of lurid hangovers from Vietnam and yet manages to give it an urgency which is completely contemporary' Time Out
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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None. Very Good in Good jacket. The first novel from Robert Stone, which went on to win the William Faulkner Foundation Award and many others. First edition. His best known work is characterised by action-tinged adventures, political concerns and dark humour. Many of his novels are set in unusual, exotic landscapes of raging social turbulence, such as the Vietnam War; a post-coup violent banana republic in Central America; Jim Crow-era New Orleans, and late 1990's Jerusalem. In a navy cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Some light bumping. to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Dustwrapper is sound, though with some edgewear, tape marks, and slight rubbing and sunning. Tape marks to endpapers. Ink stamp to front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just the odd spot to the fore-edge. Very Good.
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None. Very Good in Good jacket. A first UK edition of American novelist Robert Stone's 'A Hall of Mirrors'-of only a 1000 estimated to have been published. 'A Hall of Mirrors' was Stone's first novel. As written in the synopsis, "This is the story of three young Americans who arrive in a tired, littered New Orleans at the end of the Madis Gras in 1962. Rheinhardt, the disc jockey, ex-musician, broke and alcoholic, rolls in on a bus looking for a job. Geraldine, wandering daughter of West Virginia, comes by way of Texas on a banana truck, with a still raw cut down the side of her face, the parting gift of her last man. Morgain Rainey, devoutly religious son of Southern gentility, returns from South America with a confused but persistent sense of his mission towards a suffering humanity." Robert Stone (1937) is an American novelist. He won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1975 for his novel Dog Soldiers and was twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and once for the PEN/Faulkner Awards. Dog Soldiers was adapted as a film, Who'll Stop the Rain in 1978 starring Nick Nolte, and Time magazine included it in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. His best known work is characterized by action-tinged adventures, political concerns and dark humor. Many of his novels are set in unusual, exotic landscapes of raging social turbulence, such as the Vietnam War; a post-coup violent banana republic in Central America; Jim Crow-era New Orleans, and late 1990's Jerusalem. In a blue cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine. Externally, smart. Some bumping and marks to front and rear boards. Dustwrapper good with slight handling marks and tape marks to the interior. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Tape marks to front and back pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Very Good.
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None. Very Good Indeed in Good jacket. The first edition of the first novel from Robert Stone, which went on to win the William Faulkner Foundation Award and many others. His best known work is characterised by action-tinged adventures, political concerns and dark humour. Many of his novels are set in unusual, exotic landscapes of raging social turbulence, such as the Vietnam War; a post-coup violent banana republic in Central America; Jim Crow-era New Orleans, and late 1990's Jerusalem. In a navy cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, generally smart. Very minor shelfwear to the boards. Dustwrapper is smart, with just some small closed tears, slight discolouration and some marks. Ink signature to front pastedown, with bookseller's label and tape marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just a few spots. Very Good Indeed.