Rendell, Ruth:Some Lie and Some Die (An Inspector Wexford Mystery)
- edizione con copertina flessibile 2015, ISBN: 9780375704901
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price- clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject/author's colour+ b/w portrait photographic illustrated front+rear panels respectively of dw/dj,with green,black and purple lettering to front,white lettering to spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Majority of light creasing to top edges and head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned but bright and clean - fore-edges with a couple of foxing/spotting blemishes; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-368pp [paginated] includes 30 chapters,32pp of contemporary b/w (the majority) and colour autobiographical photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp96/7, pp160/1,pp224/5 and pp288/9 respectively,assorted b/w facsimile illustration reproductions throughout the text and the book,an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a contents list/table with photographic acknowledgements to its verso. Horse racing journalist,owner and the doyen of TV racing commentators, Peter O'Sullevan has written a delightful book of reminiscences recalling more than fifty years' involvement with the sport.A marvellous raconteur, with an unrivalled knowledge of the racing scene,he includes a wealth of colourful anecdotes from track and turf. Peter O'Sullevan recalls his childhood in Surrey when a wrong diagnosis that he was allergic to horses almost put paid to his budding career as a jockey; the recurrent ill-health that cut short his schooldays at Charterhouse and landed him in Middlesex Hospital as a long-term patient,and his early efforts to make it as a racing journalist from his hospital bed.After the war,he started in earnest in journalism as a racing reporter for the Press Association.He then joined the 'Daily Express (UK tabloid paper) where he remained for thirty-six years,while also becoming the best-known voice in racing as the BBC-TV commentator.The highlights of half a century's achievements - including sensational victories of his horses Be Friendly and Attivo - are recalled in vivid and amusing detail.His forthright views on controversial aspects of the sport,in particular the use and abuse of the whip,make thought-provoking reading. Peter O'Sullevan has written one of the year's (then 1989) most entertaining sporting autobiographies,packed with stories about horses,jockeys,trainers and owners. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.STANLEY PAUL & CO LTD.,1989., 4, Peter Owen Publishers. Very Good. 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches. Hardcover. 1992. First edition. 224 pages. <br>A picaresque journey through 1960s London, this is Noel Virtue's only novel set outside his native New Zealand. The distinctive vision and quirky humor that characterize his work a re brought to bear in this accomplished and sophisticated novel. Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Set in the swinging Lo ndon of the 1960s, New Zealand writer Virtue's fifth novel is a s mall treasure trove of eccentricity and la vie de Boheme . Toby T odd is a teenager with a slow smile, gypsy ancestors and a taste for helping elderly people. Abandoned by his parents, the 16-year -old Toby lives with his grandmother, who is not only his best fr iend and protectress but also his guide to the world of spirits a nd how to survive in the woods. When she dies, Toby sets off for London where he sleeps in doorways and lives by his wits until he builds a new family for himself composed of the wounded and home less friends he makes along the way: a wealthy widow who holds co nversations with the ghost of a Maori girl; her son Antony and Lo la (who are the same person); and an elderly lesbian couple. As t his plucky innocent makes his way through a grubby world, the plo t occasionally seems like third-generation Dickens, but the book never succumbs to cliche and the nutty characters' voices are as sharp and distinctive as they are touching. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Gran was a gypsy and taught her young grandson, Toby, to watch for the Angel, a s ign in others that would tell him he could trust them. When Gran dies and Toby is abandoned by his parents, he heads for London, w here he encounters some homeless women, a transvestite and his lo nely mother, and several schemers who mean to do them all harm. T hroughout these adventures, Gran's Angel watches over Toby, suppl ying the wisdom he needs to triumph in colorful 1960s Britain. Al though this is Virtue's sixth novel (among the others is Then Upo n the Evil Season , Peter Owens, 1989), he remains a fresh, impor tant voice in fiction. This is a short, sweet, and memorable read . Highly recommended, despite the steep price for a brief text. - Rosellen Brewer, Monterey Bay Area Cooperative Lib. System, Cal. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Kirkus Revi ews Fifth novel, set in the late 60's, from Virtue (Among the Ani mals, 1988--not reviewed): a mishmash of genres--picaresque, comi ng-of-age, gay, fantasy--that manages to build up enough steam to keep the story moving against the grade. Toby Todd is a Gypsy. A t 16, he has spent the whole of his life in Southampton, but when his grandmother dies and his father abandons him, he sets off fo r London and a life on the streets. Eventually he's adopted by th e eccentric Alicia Wickham and her transvestite son Antony, and s hares their ramshackle Hampstead Heath mansion with several other vagrants. Very quickly he becomes Antony's lover. But throughout every change of circumstance, he is watched over by the Angel wh om his grandmother told him would always guide his steps: ``You'l l see the Angel in folks' eyes as they come near you. Those will be the ones that you must trust. All the rest will be selfish bas tards.'' Of the latter there are no lack, and throughout the stor y they keep popping up whenever Toby starts to settle down. The D ickensian slant of Toby's life is pushed a bit far at times, but Virtue manages to keep up the pace right to the end--and fortunat ely the fantasy and folklore, which could have weighed the plot d own, appear only in the background and don't intrude. A creaky pl ot, but quite readable. -- Copyright ®1993, Kirkus Associates, LP . All rights reserved. From the Back Cover A picaresque journey through the London of the 1960s, The Eye of the Everlasting Angel is Noel Virtue's fifth novel and his first work of fiction to be set in England. Young Toby Todd is abandoned by his parents and sets forth to try his luck in the big city. Unable to pay the ren t, he is evicted from Calcutta Mansions by his ethnic landlord Mr Braithwaite and finds himself hungry and homeless until a chance meeting on Hampstead Heath leads to a change in his fortunes. Th e Eye of the Everlasting Angel is a modern fantasy peopled by an eccentric medley of characters: vagrant Lillian Pike and Olive Pi nch; scheming Henry and Myra Wickham; prodigal, enigmatic Antony, who takes Toby to his first transvestite party. And ever hoverin g beside Toby's memory of his beloved Gran is the shining and wat chful Angel. About the Author Noel Virtue was born in Wellington , New Zealand, in 1947. The author of eight novels and an autobio graphy, he is now established as one of New Zealand's leading con temporary novelists. ., Peter Owen Publishers, 1992, 3, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 1999-03-29. Paperback. Like New. 5x0x8. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages. <br> Ruth Rendell was a British writer of mystery novels, psychological crime novels, and short stories who was perhaps best known for her novels featuring Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford., Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 1999-03-29, 5<