Barbary Shore
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: Norman Mailer
Binding: Hardback
Published: RINEHART & CO. INC., 1951
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good, price clipped
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: minor damage to dust jacket that is now protected by plastic cover
Norman Mailer's Barbary Shore plunges into the murky depths of post-World War II paranoia and political intrigue. This compelling novel chronicles the psychological unraveling of a young amnesiac, thrust into a Brooklyn boarding house teeming with enigmatic characters and hidden agendas. The narrative masterfully weaves a tapestry of espionage, identity crisis, and ideological conflict, reflecting the anxieties of the Cold War era. Mailer presents a stark and unsettling vision of a world grappling with its past and uncertain future, rendered with his signature raw intensity and incisive prose. Readers will find themselves captivated by the complex moral landscape and the relentless pursuit of truth within a web of deception.
Author: Norman Mailer
Binding: Hardback
Published: RINEHART & CO. INC., 1951
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good, price clipped
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: minor damage to dust jacket that is now protected by plastic cover
Norman Mailer's Barbary Shore plunges into the murky depths of post-World War II paranoia and political intrigue. This compelling novel chronicles the psychological unraveling of a young amnesiac, thrust into a Brooklyn boarding house teeming with enigmatic characters and hidden agendas. The narrative masterfully weaves a tapestry of espionage, identity crisis, and ideological conflict, reflecting the anxieties of the Cold War era. Mailer presents a stark and unsettling vision of a world grappling with its past and uncertain future, rendered with his signature raw intensity and incisive prose. Readers will find themselves captivated by the complex moral landscape and the relentless pursuit of truth within a web of deception.