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The Godwulf Manuscript - Signed -
Robert B. Parker
1974 - Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston - First Edition
‘Halfway through my steak I caught sight of myself in the mirror behind the bar. I looked like someone who ought to eat alone. I didn't look in the mirror again.’
A handsome, signed first edition of Robert Parker’s debut novel, featuring the introduction of hard-boiled P.I, Spenser, as he investigates the theft of a fourteenth century manuscript from Boston University, the only clue being the bullet-riddled corpse of a former student...
The novel is credited with reviving popular interest in crime-fiction during the early 1970’s, primarily due to its unconventional protagonist, a pupil of the ‘school of hard knocks’, with little regard for rules, and even less for the cops.
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1974 - Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston - First Edition
‘Halfway through my steak I caught sight of myself in the mirror behind the bar. I looked like someone who ought to eat alone. I didn't look in the mirror again.’A handsome, signed first edition of Robert Parker’s debut novel, featuring the introduction of hard-boiled P.I, Spenser, as he investigates the theft of a fourteenth century manuscript from Boston University, the only clue being the bullet-riddled corpse of a former student...
The novel is credited with reviving popular interest in crime-fiction during the early 1970’s, primarily due to its unconventional protagonist, a pupil of the ‘school of hard knocks’, with little regard for rules, and even less for the cops.
More details
Price HK$ 4,000