ISBN: 9780091793685 - 'piranha to scurfy' and other stories (5 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: None Issued. First Edition. 320 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Secondhand, Paperback. , . NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Ruth Rendell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 The book titled 'Piranha to Scurfy' and Other Stories by author Ruth Rendell. Secondhand, Paperback. …

Large Softcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Not Applicable. First UK Edition. Large softcover, first UK edition, 350gms, 248 pages. A collection of crime short stories by Ruth Rendell. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 248 pages. Cover wornRuth Rendell's seventh collection of short stories also includes two unpublis hed novellas. The title story is about a man whose life, in a sense, is a book. There are shelves in every room, packed with titles which Ambrose Ribbon has ch ecked pedantically for mistakes of grammar and fact. Life for Ribbon, without hi s mother now, is lonely and obsessive. He still keeps her dressing table exactly as she had left it, the wardrobe door always open so that her clothes can be se en inside, and her pink silk nightdress folded on the bed. There is one book t oo that he associates particularly with her - volume VIII of the Encyclopedia Br itannica, Piranha to Scurfy. It marked a very significant moment in their relati onship. The second novella, High Mysterious Union, explores a strange, erotic u niverse in a dream-like corner of rural England, and illustrates very atmospheri cally what range Ruth Rendell has as a writer. In the other stories, Ruth Rende ll deals with a variety of themes, some macabre, some vengeful, some mysterious, all precisely observed.…

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Trade Paperback. 248 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Hutchinson, London, 2000. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Nine deliciously frightening and exquisitely crafted tales of psychological terror from Ruth Rendell. A self-appointed critic reads books only to catch out their errors of fact and usage, which he points out to their authors in vicious letters: Then one day he comes upon a book that attacks "him." An elderly woman finally avenges herself on the man who raped her sixty years before. An idyllic village in the English countryside offers newcomers its own peculiar kind of hospitality and exacts a terrible price on those who reject it. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Crime; ISBN: 0091793688. ISBN/EAN: 9780091793685. Inventory No: 12010689. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale. …