The Passenger & Stella Maris Boxed Set
$1,250 · Offered by Biblio
First edition · Signed · In dust jacket
New York: Knopf, 2022. First edition (signed by the author on publisher's tipped-in page in each book). Hardcover. Fine/Fine. SIGNED. 383pp; 189pp; Octavo. [24cm] Red and blue paper covered boards with the titles stamped on the spines, and with illustrated dust jackets. Housed in a decorative, pictorial paper covered box, in very good condition, with four small glue stains on the label (as is usual with the box set). Signed by Cormac McCarthy. A lovely signed set by one of America's greatest authors. "The best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with a two-volume masterpiece in an artfully designed box set. The Passenger is a fast-paced and sprawling novel while Stella Maris is a tightly controlled coda, told entirely in dialogue. Together they relate the thrilling story of a brother and sister, haunted by loss, pursued by conspiracy, and longing for a death they cannot reconcile with God. The Passenger 1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western, a salvage diver, zips the jacket of his wet suit and plunges from the boat deck into darkness. His dive light illuminates the sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their seats, hair floating, eyes devoid of speculation. Missing from the crash site are the pilot’s flight bag, the plane’s black box, and the tenth passenger. But how? A collateral witness to machinations that can only bring him harm, Western is shadowed in body and spirit—by men with badges; by the ghost of
- Publisher: Knopf
- Year: 2022
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: hardcover
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