36807 New York: Arcade Publishing, (1995.) First US printing. Author's first mystery, a bibliomystery, inspired by a true story about a French writer who won the Goncourt Prize for Literature for a pseudonymously published novel but committed suicide the night before he was to recieve the award. Hidden in this novel are a dozen literary references, all relating to plagiarism, fraud, pseudonyms and revenge. Winner of the French Grand Prize for Detective Fiction. 179 pp. Near fine in a fine dust jacket (former price on front endpaper, hint of spine slant). HC 1st ed - ISBN: 1-55970-2850 $18.00USD
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