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MANKELL**, HENNING: : KENNEDY'S BRAIN - A Novel. [Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson. **]

US.NY.THE NEW PRESS,Sept.,2007.

ISBN 9781595581846.

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.First published as 'Kennedy's Hjarna' by Leopard Forlag,(Stockholm),2005. Published in Great Britain by Harvill Secker (London),2007.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but possible removal of previous owner name at a small,narrow horizontal rectanglar clip at top corner of front free endpaper,but no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,colour photographic illustrated front+spine of dw/dj,with author's matt white-lettered name,capitalised,matt, white-lettered title and other orange-lettered 'By the bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries' legend across front's top edge.A matt colour photographic detail from front's photograph to spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name+title as the front's,and publisher's capitalised,matt,white-lettered+illustrated name and colophon respectively,to foot of same; rear panel with matt grey background with 7 named critics' white-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - some minimal scoring without any penetration to board beneath,on rear panel of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without ageing/toning or foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished sharp-cornered,original plain pale blue paper-covered boards with black cloth blind spine with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt-lettering and gilt colophon to spine/backstrip,a gold coloured headband and immaculate plain dark green endpapers.US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-328pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 8,6 and 6 chapters and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title with list of author's other titles to its reverse,a title page,a dedication and a Contents list/table,both with a blank reverse, and individual Pts separator pages each with an epigram and a blank reverse too.                 Visually the external appearance is still exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 17+ year-old age.It really is an exemplary example for it's brightness,cleanliness and lack of other or age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in a book of comparable age. Archaeologist Louise Cantor returns home to Sweden and makes a devastating discovery: her only child, twenty-eight-year-old Henrik,dead in his bed.The police rule his death a suicide but she knows he was murdered; her quest to find out what really happened to Henrik takes her across the globe to Barcelona, where her son kept a secret apartment; Sydney, Australia, to find Aron,her estranged ex-husband and Henrik's father; and to Maputo,Mozambique,where she learns the awful truth behind an AIDS hospice. Her investigation reveals how much her son concealed from her as she uncovers the links between his death, the African AIDS epidemic,and Western pharmaceutical interests,while those who dare help her are killed off.                    A stand-alone novel inspired by Mankell's anger at ongoing inequities that permit a few people to have unprecedented power over the many poor Africans who have none.Already a bestseller in Europe,'Kennedy's Brain' is both a thrilling page-turner and a damning indictment of inhuman greed in the face of the African AIDS crisis.   Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers for correct shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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