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Ed McBain : Fat Ollie's Book

Simon & Schuster, New York, 2003

ISBN 0743202708

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N1 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Book has a few light stain on the title page, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. A novel of the 87th Precinct. 9.5"x6.5", 271 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Murders happen every day in the big bad city. They're not such a big deal, you know. Even when the victim is a city councilman as well known as Lester Henderson. But this is the first time Fat Ollie Weeks of the 88th Precinct has written a novel, ah yes. Called Report to the Commissioner, it follows a cunning detective named Olivia Wesley Watts, who, apart from being female and slim, is rather like Fat Ollie himself. While Ollie's responding to the squeal about the dead councilman, his leather dispatch case is stolen from the back of his car - and in it, the only copy of his precious manuscript. Joined by Carella and Kling from the neighboring 87th Precinct, Ollie investigates the homicide with all the exquisite crudeness, insensitivity, and determination for which he is famous. But the theft of his first novel fills Ollie with a renewed passion for old-fashioned detective work. Following the exploits of one of Ed McBain's most beloved detectives, this lively and complicated novel - the fifty-second in the award-winning 87th Precinct series - is perhaps his best book yet.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good

First Edition
Signed by Author