2006, ISBN: 9781843172376

New York: Award Books. Near Fine. 1975. First Printing. Paperback. 0426162218 . Award Books edition, 1st printing 1975. Very nice condition. Pages clean and intact, with no markings, lig… More...

New York: Award Books. Near Fine. 1975. First Printing. Paperback. 0426162218 . Award Books edition, 1st printing 1975. Very nice condition. Pages clean and intact, with no markings, light age tanning to interior, feels tight and unread. Cover has light age tanning to edges, light scuffing, light crease near spine and minimal edge wear. Based on the NBC-TV series Police Woman, starring Angie Dickinson as Pepper Anderson, a cool, smart and tough city cop solving a heinous crime. #1 in the series. (110os,5-18) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 185 pages ., Award Books, 1975, New York, NY, U.S.A.: Back Bay Books, 2001. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. It is 1910 Vienna, and a woman's body has been found in the Volksgarten. She is Dora--Freud's famous patient. The Inspector (whose name we never learn) is painstakingly trying to put together the circumstances of her death with the help of the principles outlined in the 1901 book System der Kriminalistik, the first tome to attempt a psychological approach to understanding crime. The Inspector's wife, Erszébet, meanwhile, is drawn to this murder for reasons she doesn't understand and decides to investigate using her own methodology, derived from the Gypsy folklore she grew up with in Hungary. What separates The Fig Eater from ordinary mystery fiction is the look it offers at detective work in the early 20th century, as the methods used moved from folklore and ignorance to the scientific. Photography of the era often resulted in the loss of fingers. Forensic methods so familiar to us now were unheard of, and the use of psychological profiling to capture killers was a young science unknown by most of the general populace. Shields introduces the reader to Dora's family and acquaintances, giving depth to the characters only briefly discussed in Freud's case study of Dora. She takes liberties with the historical record (this is, after all, a novel) but creates a plausible scenario of what might have happened while depicting a brooding turn-of-the-century Vienna replete with gorgeous details of food, fashion, botany, and manners. The film rights have been optioned by Miramax, and if the author had her way, she says, it would star Liam Neeson and Judi Dench. 311 pages. Some light rubbing on top & bottom & edges of spine and some places on outside edges. Bottom of spine lightly bumped. 2" light crease on front cover bottom right corner.., New York, NY, U.S.A.: Back Bay Books, 2001, London: Michael O'Mara Books, 2006. 224pp., plus 2 x 8 page, colour, photographically-illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has soft corner crease to front and rear. "Stand-up comedian, comedy writer, actor, radio presenter and children's author, Ricky Gervais's talent and versatility have brought him extraordinary success over the last five years . . . Here, in his first-ever biography of the comedy genius, Michael Heatley reveals how Gervais became the current darling of British comedy, from his childhood on a Reading housing estate, through a short-lived spell in the pop world, students' union entertainments manager, London's XFM radio, and the TV series 'The Office' and the star-studded 'Extras' . . . " Contents include: Introduction, 12 chapters, Index. Book weight approx. 325g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . Second Impression. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Michael O'Mara Books, 2006<

ISBN: 1843172372

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ISBN: 1843172372

Ricky Gervais: The Story So Far arts and literature,biographies,humor and entertainment,television Television, Michael O'Mara Books

ISBN: 9781843172376

Paperback. Good., Paperback. Very Good.