'I have killed and yet I consider myself to be a good man.' So begins the tale of former Russian secret agent Golubchik, holding court after hours in a tiny Russian restaurant on Paris's left bank. As he recounts his tale to a rapt audience, they find themselves drawn into his futile quest to claim the noble name of his father, his destructive love affair with a beautiful model and his hatred for his half-brother, the rightful Prince. Confession of a Murderer spans rural Russia, cosmopolitan St Petersburg and pre-First ...
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'I have killed and yet I consider myself to be a good man.' So begins the tale of former Russian secret agent Golubchik, holding court after hours in a tiny Russian restaurant on Paris's left bank. As he recounts his tale to a rapt audience, they find themselves drawn into his futile quest to claim the noble name of his father, his destructive love affair with a beautiful model and his hatred for his half-brother, the rightful Prince. Confession of a Murderer spans rural Russia, cosmopolitan St Petersburg and pre-First World War Paris and alternately fascinates and horrifies the reader with its wild story of collaboration, deception and murder in the days leading up to the Russian Revolution.
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Add this copy of Confession of a Murderer Told in One Night to cart. $29.00, very good condition, Sold by Banjo Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Andover, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Chatto & Windus / Hogarth Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First printing of this edition, translated from the German by Desmond I. Vesey. The leaves are toned. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket has light wear at the spine ends and the corners. Small spot where a sticker was scraped off of the front panel. Some dents/small scratches on the back panel. The jacket price is intact.
Add this copy of Confession of a Murderer to cart. $31.94, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Granta Books.
Add this copy of Confessions of a Murderer to cart. $37.31, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Macmillan Education Australia.
Add this copy of Confession of a Murderer to cart. $62.00, fair condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1947 by Museum Press.
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Fair. No Jacket. Reprint. edge wear on boards. foxing and marks. stickers pasted to end pages. partly visible netting. library stamps. binding is intact. fair copy. [SK]
Add this copy of Confession of a Murderer to cart. $71.74, very good condition, Sold by Halcyon Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1985 by Chatto & Windus.
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Very Good jacket. First Edition. Chatto & Windus 1985. First edition by this publisher. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Includes a dust jacket, price unclipped, in near mint condition. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.
