Fine, new, clean, crisp and unread first printing stored since original purchase: fresh deep brown boards, black cloth spine with metallic titles to spine, SIGNED in black ink by Garland with his name only, on the title page, sienna endpapers, the fine dust jacket with one small touch of rubbing to the foil pictorial front panel, now protected in a new, clear Brodart cover. This suspenseful chase novel by the award-winning author of "The Beach" is set in the slums of Manila.

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