Down on his luck and broke, Angel is forced to get two jobs - and one is definitely dodgy. He is drawn into a series of underworlds, from the twilight world of London's homeless to that of role-playing fantasies, where the monsters suddenly become real and the games aren't so funny any more.
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Down on his luck and broke, Angel is forced to get two jobs - and one is definitely dodgy. He is drawn into a series of underworlds, from the twilight world of London's homeless to that of role-playing fantasies, where the monsters suddenly become real and the games aren't so funny any more.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 192. Original publisher's yellow cloth, lettered silver at the spine. Signed by the author on the title page. Flatsigned. ISBN: 0002325039 Fine in very good indeed dust jacket, with faint wear at top edge and slight sunning at sun.
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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. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. BH5-A first British edition hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and chipping on the edges and corners, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 8.75"x5.5", 192 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Down on his luck and flat broke, Fitzroy Maclean Angel is forced to take desperate steps and get a job. Two jobs, in fact, and done-at the request of the unpredictable Tigger O'Neill 0 is definitely dodgy. As the Caring Nineties and the New Age pass him by-although not, he is alarmed to see, some of his friends-Angel is drawn into a series of underworlds. The underworld of callous crime and corruption, the seedier side of the gay scene, the growing subculture of drugs and the plight of London's homeless community. Then there is the underworld, literally, of role-playing fantasies where the monsters suddenly become real and the games turn very dangerous indeed. bu0002325039 if anyone can negotiate the dark underbelly of London life-it's Angel. Clever, witty, sharp, Angel City is both the funniest and the hardest-hitting novel yet from this author.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book First U.S. edition, January 1995 with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. 5th in the Fitzroy Maclean Angel series. London Barely scraping by as a messenger in his delicensed cab, jack-of-all-trades Fitzroy Maclean Angel decides to accept a more lucrative part-time job with a jumpy young man named Tigger. Hired to drive a van to remote spots while Tigger unloads cargo that their boss simply calls "rubbish, " Angel tries to ignore his misgivings and enjoy the extra money. But when Tigger disappears with the van and Angel is enlisted to track him down, it's clear that something more is at stake than taking out the trash. As he follows a trail that grows fainter and more dangerous by the day, Angel learns more than he ever wanted to know about dive bars, the odd habits of his New Age neighbors, and the harshness of life on the London streets. This time, Angel may need more than his sharp wit to save his own life.