The Superlative Man soars overhead, coming to the rescue of people in danger. The tabloids splash his every exploit across the front pages. The entire metropolis is in awe of him - except for Harvey Gander, whose parents died in a freak automobile accident caused by the Superlative Man as he was dashing off to another adventure. Gander is a lonesome cub reporter for the Metropolitan Meteor, and when he is assigned a story about people saved by the Superlative Man, he stumbles on a conspiracy to expose the hero as a fake. ...
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The Superlative Man soars overhead, coming to the rescue of people in danger. The tabloids splash his every exploit across the front pages. The entire metropolis is in awe of him - except for Harvey Gander, whose parents died in a freak automobile accident caused by the Superlative Man as he was dashing off to another adventure. Gander is a lonesome cub reporter for the Metropolitan Meteor, and when he is assigned a story about people saved by the Superlative Man, he stumbles on a conspiracy to expose the hero as a fake. The stakes are raised when two heavies threaten him just for interviewing Natasha Nyle, a footloose blonde from the Outer Borough. As the young reporter chases stories through the city's dark byways, moons over a slip of a girl named Violet Hayes, and falls under the spell of the wizened newshound Elmo Jade, he uncovers dark truths about the American superhero, while struggling to prove that he is, in his own way, a superlative man.
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New York. 1997. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0374272093. 288 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Chip Wass. keywords: Literature America. FROM THE PUBLISHER-This tightly wound thriller unerringly evokes the world of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett with an altogether contemporary dash of irony. THE SUPERLATIVE MAN soars overhead, coming to the rescue of people in danger. The tabloids splash his every exploit across the front pages. The entire metropolis is in awe of him-except for Harvey Gander, whose parents died in a freak automobile accident caused by the Superlative Man as he was dashing off to another adventure. Gander is a lonesome cub reporter for the Metropolitan Meteor, and when he is assigned a story about people saved by the Superlative Man, he stumbles on a conspiracy to expose the hero as a fake. The stakes are raised when two heavies threaten him just for interviewing Natasha Nyle, a footloose blonde from the Outer Borough. As the young reporter chases stories through the city's dark byways, moon over a slip of a girl named Violet Hayes, and fails under the spell of the wizened newshound Elmo Jade, he uncovers dark truths about the American superhero while struggling to prove that he is, in his own way, a superlative man. Herbert Thomas's delightful first book is both or, affectionate homage to the classics of noir and a gripping novel in its own right. Witty, suspenseful, and fun, it keeps the reader spellbound, waiting for the Superlative Man to swoop down from the sky once again. inventory #24171.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book New York: Farar, Straus, & Giroux, 1997. Stated First Edition. Fine/Fine. 248 pgs. Fine in Fine DJ-new archival quality mylar cover. Clean, tight book-no names or writing inside. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, has not been price clipped. Author's 1st book. Modern First Edition.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book Book in Mylar cover. First Edition, First Printing. No remainder marks, no ink markings. NOT priced clipped. In well packed Boxes-no padded envelopes.
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