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VIDAL**, GORE: : LIVE FROM GOLGOTHA. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.ANDRE DEUTSCH,1992.

ISBN 0233987959.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. FINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,bold,black ink signature and dedication: 'Kate from Gore Vidal' to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,generally clean,glossy laminated,white background with colour videographic book's title to top third of front panel with black lettering and prose extract to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present - just one tiny,tiny snick/closed tear with miniscule rubbing,to upper,top corner.Both head+foot of dw/dj's spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing,the majority of the other creasing is to the top edges of the dw/dj and both panels have inevitable but light,superficial scoring and light indents.To rear,lower edge of dw/dj showing a light,slight water-stain - boards unaffected beneath though.Described hard but fairly and honestly,it reads worse than actually is! Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread,apart from my own collation? Bright,crisp,clean, generally sharp-cornered (only the rear,lower corner minimally bumped), publisher's original,plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, author SIGNED+dedicated,1st edn,4-225pp [paginated] comprising 21 chapters; plus [unpaginated] black cross illustrated page with publisher's advert for author's other works/titles to recto,half-title page,author SIGNED+dedicated title page, title separator page,and to rear,2 single-page Gospels each according to Mark and Timothy respectively,and a note about author as the last page. Thanks to the latest breakthrough in computer software,a cyber-punk - known bleakly as The Hacker - is destroying the tapes that describe the mission of Jesus Christ and His Gospel or Good News.The Sacred Story is vanishing rapidly. Fortunately one tape is Hackerproof,that of Timothy,who,in his youth,was Robin to Saint Paul's Batman.Now,in Timothy's old age,Saint Paul comes to him in a vision and begs him to write down the True Gospel,otherwise all is lost. Modern technology makes it possible not only for Chester ('Chet') W. Claypoole of NBC-General Electric to get a television set through to Timothy but also to transport an entire union TV crew to pre-record,live from Golgotha,the Crucifixion,in order to boost NBC during the upcoming ratings battle.But dark forces are at work,and Timothy must fight the Prince of this World,the young and the old Dr Cutler as well as Mary baker Eddy who is everywhere,trying to convince everyone that everything is all in the mind. Meanwhile,Timothy writes his Gospel for us: the travels with Saint Paul,the meaningful affair with the legendary diarist-dancer Priscilla - colourful Corinth,elegant Ephesus,romantic Rome, where at Petronious's gracious home, Timothy undergoes the humiliation of date rape at the hands of Nero himself,followed by the Fire,martyrdoms galore and,finally, the big show - Golgotha. But . . . will it take place or not? Will the Hacker manage to destroy all the records,including Timothy's? Will Jesus's weight problem be an image problem in the light of today's high standards? Tune in to Gore Vidal's new classic of the greatest story never told - until now. See book ID's rja1252-4 inclusive for Vidal's satirical comedies: MYRON,KALKI and DULUTH respectively. Since April 2013,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has a;tred it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.
'Kate from Gore Vidal'

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