The City of Falling Angels - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Penguin Press, 2005.
ISBN: 1594200580
The City of Falling Angels - 1st Edition/1st Printing
A first edition/first printing that has bumping to the corners, otherwise Fine in a like dust-jacket.
In The City of Falling Angels, award-winning author John Berendt tells the riveting story of a young couple, Lenny and Lena, who find themselves in the middle of a tempestuous and dangerous affair in post-apocalyptic Los Angeles.
The city is aflame with violence and lawlessness. Gangs rule the streets, and the only law is the gun. Lenny and Lena meet while cruising the ravaged streets in search of food. Lena is a beautiful, carefree drifter, and Lenny is a tough, streetwise ex-con.
Soon they are inextricably linked, and Lena introduces Lenny to the life of the city's underworld. Lena introduces Lenny to the city's underworld. She introduces him to the gangs and the drug dealers, the hit men and the madmen.
Lenny is a naturalized American and Lena is a native Angeleno, so they are both outsiders in a city of outsiders; 8vo; 414 pages.
Price: $60.00
