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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Spectra
Publication date
September 1, 2000
Pages
341
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780553579703
ISBN-10
0553579703
Dimensions
1 by 4 by 7 in.
Weight
0.45 lbs.
Original list price
$7.99
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Lonely Dead | Spares | Consider Phlebas | We Are Here | Spares | The Straw Men | Bad Things | The Intruders | One of Us
The Lonely Dead | Spares | Consider Phlebas | We Are Here | Spares | The Straw Men | Bad Things | The Intruders | One of Us
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
In an adventure set in a futuristic city, a 'problem solver' named Stark searches for a missing VIP and discovers that kidnapping is the least of his problems. By the author of Spares. Original.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Only a handful of authors write with such startling originality that the uniqueness of their vision has become synonymous with their name. In Spares and One of Us, Michael Marshall Smith has earned that distinction. In this unsettling, suspenseful, and wildly imaginative novel he's written a tale that from page one hurtles us....
Call him Stark. If you have to. If you're lucky, you won't call him at all. Because if you do, it means you've got trouble. Big trouble. And the problem is that before Stark is done fixing something, a whole lot of other things usually get broken. Like laws and livesâand anyone who gets in the way. It's that attitude that's earned him his latest assignment: finding a missing VIP named Fell Alkland. The authorities believe Alkland has been kidnapped. Stark doesn't. He hasn't stayed alive this long without learning the basics of survival in a world hurtling straight to hell: Things are always more complicated than they seem. And when a job seems too easy, that's when something really ugly is about to happen. For Fell Alkland is about to become Stark's worst nightmare, a nightmare where anything can happen at any timeâwhere friends can become enemies in a heartbeat and your most secret fear a soul-screaming reality. And the worst of it is that for this nightmare you don't even have to be asleep.
Call him Stark. If you have to. If you're lucky, you won't call him at all. Because if you do, it means you've got trouble. Big trouble. And the problem is that before Stark is done fixing something, a whole lot of other things usually get broken. Like laws and livesâand anyone who gets in the way. It's that attitude that's earned him his latest assignment: finding a missing VIP named Fell Alkland. The authorities believe Alkland has been kidnapped. Stark doesn't. He hasn't stayed alive this long without learning the basics of survival in a world hurtling straight to hell: Things are always more complicated than they seem. And when a job seems too easy, that's when something really ugly is about to happen. For Fell Alkland is about to become Stark's worst nightmare, a nightmare where anything can happen at any timeâwhere friends can become enemies in a heartbeat and your most secret fear a soul-screaming reality. And the worst of it is that for this nightmare you don't even have to be asleep.
Editions
Hardcover
from Subterranean (July 1, 2002)
9781931081115 | details & prices | List price $40.00
from Subterranean (July 1, 2002)
9781931081184 | details & prices | 270 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $40.00
About: Synopsis: Stark lives in Colour, a neighbourhood whose inhabitants like to be co-ordinated with their surroundings.
About: Synopsis: Stark lives in Colour, a neighbourhood whose inhabitants like to be co-ordinated with their surroundings.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Spectra (September 1, 2000)
9780553579703 | details & prices | 341 pages | 4.00 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $7.99
About: In an adventure set in a futuristic city, a 'problem solver' named Stark searches for a missing VIP and discovers that kidnapping is the least of his problems.
About: In an adventure set in a futuristic city, a 'problem solver' named Stark searches for a missing VIP and discovers that kidnapping is the least of his problems.
New edition from Harpercollins (July 6, 1998)
9780006512660 | details & prices | 320 pages | 5.25 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $11.99
About: Stark lives in Colour, a neighbourhood whose inhabitants like to be co-ordinated with their surroundings.
About: Stark lives in Colour, a neighbourhood whose inhabitants like to be co-ordinated with their surroundings.
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (September 1, 2000)
9781417716142 | details & prices | List price $18.45
About: Michael Marshall Smithâs surreal, groundbreaking, and award-winning debut which resonates with wild humour interlaced with dark recollections of an emotional minefield.
About: Michael Marshall Smithâs surreal, groundbreaking, and award-winning debut which resonates with wild humour interlaced with dark recollections of an emotional minefield.
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