HARD TIME; A V. I. Warshawski Novel
New York: Delacorte Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over red boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial red dust jacket (price-clipped), 385 pages. Fine / Fine. Item #8451
Another memorable Warshawski mystery INSCRIBED by the multi-talented New York Times best-selling author.
Sara Paretsky (born 1947), an American author of detective fiction, is best known for her novels based on the female private investigator, V.I. Warshawski. Paretsky created her as a female response to hard-boiled detectives such as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. In 1991 the film "V.I. Warshawski" was released starring Kathleen Turner.
Author's 3rd novel and 3rd V.I. Warshawski novel. SUPERIOR COPY INSCRIBED "...With Very Many Good Wishes" by the Author. Dust jacket is clean and bright.
Paretsky, who holds a doctorate in history from the University of Chicago, has transformed the image of women in the crime novel. The Winter 2007 issue of Clues: A Journal of Detection is devoted to her work. is also considered the founding mother of Sisters in Crime, which supports and promotes women in the mystery field.--(Wiki).
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