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Hal Hickman : The Bachelor Party

J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1977

ISBN 0397012365

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CI3 - A first American edition hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has small tear on the back bottom right corner, some wrinkling and chipping on the edges and corners, some scattered scratches and rubbing, light tanning and shelf wear. Book has light tanning and shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 8.25"x5.6", 186 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Harry Bauer stood in the doorway, holding the limp form of the young girl in his arms. Sheltered at last from the storm that raged outside, he could make out a group of men and women at the far end of the large, dimly lighted room. "Sorry to interrupt," he said, "but this girl here is Hurt bad period do you think you could get her to a hospital?" the group stood transfixed- no one moved, no one spoke- and as his eyes became accustomed to the murky light and he was able to see who and what they were, Henry Bauer knew he had made a mistake that could easily cost him his life. Bauer's Mistake, learned moments too late, plunges him into the center of a desperate and deadly conspiracy, a frame up from which, as an American citizen in a foreign country, he seems to have little chance of escape. Thrown into jail, charged with homicide, cajoled, bribed, and then severely beaten by local authorities, Bauer realizes that his wits and the experience gained as an agent for the FBI are all that he can rely upon to save not just his own life but the lives of several others as well. Play it against the stark landscape of South Africa's rural back country, and imbued with the social customs and codes peculiar to its people, the bachelor party is both a compelling novel of action in suspense and all two credible story of racial intolerance and cruelty.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

First American Edition