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In the Money
1936007527New York: Blue Ribbon Books Inc 1936. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 12mo. Orig. orange cloth black stamped coin vignette to front board. 215 pp. Smudge to front board cloth faded to top edges a little rubbing to extremities. Spine tilted. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Small stain to upper fore edge of text block. Dust jacket is worn to extremities chipped to spine ends and corners a few short tears. In this novel show girls shyster lawyers debutantes and gunmen are caught in a tragedy which takes place in a setting of music laughter and carefree pleasure seeking. Not only is this a story of Broadway and its inhabitants - it is Broadway. It follows Bill Grannard a newspaperman who loves being "in the know" of the news of the day. When it is rumoured something big is about to break among Broadway circles Bill goes to Palm Beach following a faint clue which may help him clear up the mystery. How he exposes a huge blackmailing scheme saves a girl from death and sends a man to his deserved doom make a lively ever-enthralling tale which moves with lightning speed from Broadway to Palm Beach and back again. The gayety lights and outward glamor of Broadway are never so well shown as by this author who understands and knows the human suffering and heartbreak which go on behind the glittering facade. Blue Ribbon Books Inc hardcover
Minotavros Books · Canada200,00 $CA≈ 135,84 €
