Buy this book on-line AMIS**, KINGSLEY: : The Riverside Villas Murder.**LONDON.CAPE,1973. ISBN 0224008625.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG+.No owner
inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour pictorial,wrap-round artwork by Ian Beck, illustrated dw/dj; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges.However, ubiquitous breakdown of laminate covering to dw/dj,has left some miniscule chipping/
rubbing to bottom+top edges,with similar to both head+foot of spine/backstrip and a small closed tear to upper,front edge and rubbing to three corners.Top edge coloured,fore-edge lightly aged - as usual/normal - with minimal spotting; contents bright,tight and clean with dog- ear creasing to bottom corners of pp33-36 and pp57/8.Clean,plain green paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean,plain beige eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-224pp includes half-title+title pages,contents list and 15 chapters.Described hard but fairly,overall,an acceptable solid,sound copy.
The hero of Amis's flesh-with-blood novel
is a fourteen-year-old boy hovering hopefully on the brink between inexperience and initiation.The delicious and totally mind-consuming prospect of sex,which tempted him into orgiastic games
with his friend Reg,is now centred on the less satisfying (at present) but equally hot pursuit of those mysterious, formidable creatures - girls.
Riverside Villas is the scene of Peter's exploits - and someone's crime.The victim,
dripping wet and with a bleeding head- wound,staggers in through the french windows of No.19 and dies.Motive - none that the police can pinpoint.Weapon - a weird spiked club,no trace of fingerprints.Opportunity - only one suspect has a foolproof alibi.As the mystery deepens,further attacks and an enigmatic note reveal the presence in the small country town of a learned, thoughtful criminal.Only Peter guesses the
truth,a dangerous truth that leads him to the river bank by moonlight. . . . . .
Kingsley Amis's setting of an armchair murder story,with its authentic 1930's atmosphere,against the brilliantly witty yet subtle and sympathetic description of Peter's sexual antics is a triumph - clever,comic and chilling.[Those who may wish to pit their wits against the author's and solve the mystery for themselves are advised to study pages . .
. no,you'll have to buy the book to find out!!!] See also rja531,rja1222,rja2068 to rja2070 inclusive,rja2073 and rja2101 for other Kingsley Amis titles.
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.
Colour,pictorial,wrap-round artwork illustrated dw/dj by Ian Beck; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges.However,ubiquitous breakdown of laminate covering to dw/dj has left some miniscule rubbing to all edges and corners,with top,rear edge affected by 2 tiny nicks and a small closed tear - but without any major loss (99.9% present).Top
+foot of spine/backstrip complete and virtually unaffected,though lightly sunned/faded as usual/normal.Top edge coloured,fore-edge lightly aged - as usual/normal - with minimal,sporadic spotting/foxing,contents though,bright, tight and very clean,with no dog-ear reading creases to pages' corners.Clean, plain green paper-covered bds with bright,
crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/
backstrip and immaculate plain beige eps. UK 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-224pp includes
half-title+title pages,contents list and 15 chapters.A solid,sound,acceptable copy in a slightly higher grade than rja2072 - another copy.
The hero of Amis's flesh-with-blood novel
is a fourteen-year-old boy hovering hopefully on the brink between inexperience and initiation.The delicious and totally mind-consuming prospect of sex,which tempted him into orgiastic games
with his friend Reg,is now centred on the less satisfying (at present) but equally hot pursuit of those mysterious,formidable
creatures - girls.Riverside Villas is the scene of Peter's exploits - and someone's crime.The victim,dripping wet and with a bleeding head-wound,staggers in through the french windows of No.19 and dies.
Motive - none that the police can pinpoint.Weapon - a weird spiked club,no trace of fingerprints.Opportunity - only one suspect has a foolproof alibi.As the mystery deepens,further attacks and an enigmatic note reveal the presence in the small country town of a learned,thoughtful
criminal.
Only Peter guesses the truth,a dangerous truth that leads him to the riverbank by moonlight. . . . . .
Kingsley Amis's setting of an armchair murder story,with its authentic 1930's atmosphere,against the brilliantly witty yet subtle and sympathetic description of Peter's sexual antics is a triumph - clever,comic and chilling.[Those who may wish to pit their wits against the author's and solve the mystery for themselves are advised to study pages. . .
. . no,you'll have to buy the book to find
out!!!].See also rja2072 - another copy - and rja 531, rja2068 - rja2071 inclusive and rja2073.
Want more Kingsley AMIS titles? For similar and other available fiction and non-fiction titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues.
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 its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too!
So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct,
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