ISBN: 9780618634637 - forgetfulness (12 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Ward Just is not merely America's best political novelist. He is America's greatest living novelist.--Susan Zakin, Lithub Just's a master at blending the personal and political. Forgetfulness gets at the heart of terrorism and revenge.--USA Today Thomas Railles, an American expatriate and former odd-jobber for the CIA, is a successful painter living with his beloved wife, Florette, in a small village in the Pyrenees. On an ordinary autumn day, Florette goes for a walk in the hills and is killed by unknown assailants. Was her death simply a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or was it somehow connected to Thomas's work with the CIA? When French officials detain four Moroccan terrorists and charge them with Florette's murder, Thomas is invited by his boyhood friend (and former agency handler) Bernhard to witness the interrogation. Thomas's search for answers in this shadow world will lead him to a confrontation that will change him forever.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. First printing, with full number line including the 1. Fine in a fine dust jacket, a tight, clean copy. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. First Printing [Stated]. [8], 258, [6] pages. Signed by author on title page. Autographed sticker on front of DJ. Ward S. Just (born September 5, 1935) is an American writer. He is the author of 17 novels and numerous short stories. He started his career as a print journalist and was also a correspondent for Newsweek and The Washington Post from 1959 to 1969, after which he left journalism to write fiction. His influences include Henry James and Ernest Hemingway. His novel An Unfinished Season was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005. His novel Echo House was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1997. He has twice been a finalist for the O. Henry Award. He was Spring 1999 Rome Prize fellow. His fiction is often concerned with the influence of national politics on Americans' personal lives. Much of it is set in Washington D.C. and foreign countries. Another common theme is the alienation felt by Midwesterners in the East. In May 2013, The American Academy of Arts and Letters at its annual induction and award ceremony inducted Ward Just as a new member of the Academy and honored his lifetime achievement in the field of Literature, along with an exhibition of his manuscripts. A portion of this novel appeared in Narrative magazine. This is derived from a Kirkus review: The wife of an American expatriate is killed under mysterious circumstances. Is revenge in order? That's the question posed by Just in this thought-provoking novel. An injured Frenchwoman is being carried down the Pyrenees by four stretcher-bearers. The men are not locals. Smugglers? Refugees? They're on a mission and Florette, met by chance, is a distraction. They cut her throat. She will be found by her husband, Thomas Railles, an older American, a portrait painter, and his lifelong friends Bernhard and Russ, CIA field operatives who have used Thomas to do small jobs. Good detective work lead to the arrest of the four in Le Havre. They are Islamists and mercenaries. Thomas reluctantly watches their interrogation through a two-way mirror. Their leader, Yussef, is Moroccan. A younger guy is beaten bloody with bastinados. Thomas spends time alone with Yussef and is tempted, momentarily, to use the bastinado himself. Thomas concludes that seeing his wife's killers has not helped him. The author is as seductive a raconteur as ever. What's new is a sharper tone regarding the US. A blind 9/11 casualty is also a loudmouth and bully; the Englishman's great-niece is a hard, flag-waving American.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. First edition. First printing, with full number line including the 1. Fine in a fine dust jacket, a tight, clean copy, unread. Purchased new and signed, remains unread. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page (his name only). Comes with protective mylar dust jacket cover. Signed by Author(s).…