As the world closes in around them, two Nazis hide out in a tropical paradise The servants sense something strange about the two old men. They are not sure what business Dr. Langhof and Dr. Ludtz have in El Caliz, but they are certain that whatever they do in their colonial mansion is the work of the devil. Although they do not know the specifics of the two men's crimes, the servants are right to suspect something sinister. The men are Nazis, fugitives from international law who fled to this South American haven in the ...
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As the world closes in around them, two Nazis hide out in a tropical paradise The servants sense something strange about the two old men. They are not sure what business Dr. Langhof and Dr. Ludtz have in El Caliz, but they are certain that whatever they do in their colonial mansion is the work of the devil. Although they do not know the specifics of the two men's crimes, the servants are right to suspect something sinister. The men are Nazis, fugitives from international law who fled to this South American haven in the chaotic days after World War II. Langhof brought with him a cache of stolen diamonds, with which he bought their safety from the small nation's corrupt president. He passes his days cultivating a stunning greenhouse full of orchids, and meditating on the evil acts that fill his past. For now they are safe, but fate has many ways of dealing out justice.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x5x1; Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 252 pages, black quarter cloth. A near fine, clean neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear, but slight soiling to the fore-edge; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good, moderately edgeworn dust jacket with the original price.
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Like New. Hardcover with DJ. SIGNED BY AUTHOR (name only...no inscription). FIRST EDITION. FROM COLLECTOR'S PERSONAL LIBRARY. PRESENTED WITH CLEAR BOOK JACKET COVER. An unblemished copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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Fine in Fine jacket. Size: 9x5x1; Hardcover with dust jacket. First Edition. 1st printing (complete number line). Appears unread. No markings. Ships in a box. Ships from NYC.
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Very good in very good jacket. Octavo, 252pp. A very good, crisp copy with some foxing to the fore-edge. In a very good dust jacket with some discoloration to the bottom of the front panel. This copy SIGNED and warmly INSCRIBED by the author to Patsy Dickey (sister-in-law and close confidant of poet James Dickey) on the half-title page: "To Patsy Dickey. I wish you the very best in your [illegible]. Keep up the hope, the ability is already there. Best wishes Thomas H. Cook. 10/16/82." Nice inscribed copy of this underrated novel about a Nazi war criminal hiding out in a remote South American compound.
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Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. very good hardback in a just lightly rubbed jacket. Inscribed and signed by Cook to author Terry Kay on the half title page.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper. Hardcover is a nice clean copy, almost new, top rear corner bumped. Dustwrapper lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners.
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Very good in very good jacket. Octavo, 252pp. A very good copy, gently worn at the extremities, in a very good dust jacket with one 3/4-inch close tear on the front panel. Warmly INSCRIBED by Cook to fellow novelist Frank Smith: "I hope you enjoy The Orchids. We really miss you. I hope you can get up to Cape Cod soon. Good luck on "The Homeless." Love you. Thomas H. Cook." Laid in is an invitation to the autograph party for this title, hosted by the Old New York Book Shop in Atlanta, on October 14th, 1982. A lovely association copy of Cook's second novel.