Book #57413

The Defector - 1st Us Edition/1st Printing

Evelyn Anthony

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First US Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1981.
ISBN: 0698110641

Price: $40.00

An unblemished first Printing of the First American Edition that has some wrinkling to the Near Fine dust-jacket.

In the aftermath of the Korean War, two young people find themselves on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain. One is a North Korean soldier who has defected, and the other is an American soldier who has been ordered to hunt him down. As they cross the border into South Korea, they are forced to confront the harsh realities of the Cold War. Anthony tells the story of their journey, their search for each other, and the secrets that they reveal.; 8vo; 311 pages.