Commitment. Marriage. Responsibility. Boredom. Detachment. In his new collection of stories Richard Ford gives more attention to the Seventh Commandment than is given in any book since Madame Bovary. Malcontents all across North America - whether in a Montreal hotel lobby or on the crowded hall of Grand Central station - seek meaning and permanence beyond the desire that entrapped them in the first place. Ford's philanderers are as diverse as his geographies. On the ski slopes of Michigan, a white-trash ex-husband assaults ...
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Commitment. Marriage. Responsibility. Boredom. Detachment. In his new collection of stories Richard Ford gives more attention to the Seventh Commandment than is given in any book since Madame Bovary. Malcontents all across North America - whether in a Montreal hotel lobby or on the crowded hall of Grand Central station - seek meaning and permanence beyond the desire that entrapped them in the first place. Ford's philanderers are as diverse as his geographies. On the ski slopes of Michigan, a white-trash ex-husband assaults his rich in-law. Outside New Orleans, a teenager goes duck-hunting with the father that abandoned his family the year before to live with another man. In suburban Connecticut, a young wife glibly confesses to her husband her one-night stand with the host of the party they are about to attend. In a Phoenix conference centre, two estate agents initiate a tryst that ends in tragedy. Only a storyteller as agile as Richard Ford could tackle so many situations offered by a theme as old as Love itself.
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Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Good dust jacket. Signed by author on laid bookplate. In protective mylar cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Shelf cocked. Minor shelf wear. Corner slightly bowed. (fiction, psychological, intimacy)
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Fine in Not Issued jacket. Advance Reader's Excerpt. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. First edition, first prnt. Glossy illustrated stapled wraps. Advance excerpt for the first UK edition of A Multitude of Sins. Chap book containing a story from the then forthcoming story collection. Issued for promotional purposes. Unread copy in Fine condition.
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Fine in Not Issued jacket. Advance Reader's Excerpt. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. First edition, first prnt. Glossy illustrated stapled wraps. Advance excerpt for the first UK edition of A Multitude of Sins. Chap book containing a story from the then forthcoming story collection. Issued for promotional purposes. No equivalent US edition. Unread copy in Fine condition.
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Fine in Fine jacket. London: The Harvill Press, 2001. First edition, first printing, 2001. Green hardcover with dustjacket. Looks and feels new and unread, tight binding, no names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. First edition, first prnt. Glossy pictoral stapled wraps. Advance excerpt for the first UK edition. Chap book containing story from A MULTITUDE OF SINS issued for promotional purposes. Unread copy in Fine condition. Actual image of the book; not a stock photo.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. 224 p. Audience: General/trade. SIGNED by Ford on the publisher's book plate (laid in). A clean, crisp and unread copy!