Carl Hopkins, a worldly-wise New York writer, needs material for a new book to cure a bout of writer's block and help pay off his alimony debts. When he meets Mirella Ludovisi, a sensuously beautiful Italian aristocrat, he senses that this enigmatic woman could provide the story he is looking for. Mirella's wealthy American Fiance, once a friend of Carl's, has recently died in mysterious circumstances, and there are dark rumors about the role she may have played in her lover's death. Powerfully drawn by her beauty and his ...
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Carl Hopkins, a worldly-wise New York writer, needs material for a new book to cure a bout of writer's block and help pay off his alimony debts. When he meets Mirella Ludovisi, a sensuously beautiful Italian aristocrat, he senses that this enigmatic woman could provide the story he is looking for. Mirella's wealthy American Fiance, once a friend of Carl's, has recently died in mysterious circumstances, and there are dark rumors about the role she may have played in her lover's death. Powerfully drawn by her beauty and his own curiosity, Carl plunges into an affair with Mirella, and soon he is obsessed, not only with learning her secrets, but with the woman herself. One shocking discovery follows another, and Carl finds himself living out a gothic story that is stranger and more terrifying that anything he can devise on paper. In danger of losing everything - his career, the decent woman who loves him, and perhaps even his life, he still complusively pursues the elusive secret that lies t the heart of Mirella's mystery.
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Add this copy of Manhattan Gothic to cart. $9.75, like new condition, Sold by Lee Madden Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brattleboro, VT, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by St. Martin's Press.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. 216 p. Audience: General/trade. 1st printing of 1st edition. Fine HC in Very Good DJ. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; tightly bound; bright, crisp, clean interior. DJ is clean and complete; some scuffing, light rubbing wear. 8vo, 216 pp. This is a new, unread book that has been shuffled around the shelves.
Add this copy of Manhattan Gothic to cart. $30.00, very good condition, Sold by Murder By The Book rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cranston, RI, UNITED STATES, published by St. Martin 1985.
Add this copy of Manhattan Gothic to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by Brenner's Collectable Books rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Manasquan, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by St. Martin's Press.
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Near Fine in As New jacket. 8vo, 216pp. Sharp Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($14.95), has some very minor rubbing and wear to edges. Short closed tear on bottom front edge. Sticker ghost on front flap. Fresh and bright with no chipping, toning or creases. Signed by the author on the front end-paper. A very pretty collectable copy of a very uncommon title. (Not in Hubin).
