Here for your delectation is the SPECTACULAR & RARE--------------------THE SUMMER SOLDIER by Nicholas Guild.Using solder in hot weather.......................When Ray Guinness' wife Louise is found ice-picked and half burned to death in their San Francisco Bay Area kitchen, English prof. Ray, "expert on murder, treachery, and the intricacies of Jacobean poetry," knows that his past has caught up with him: 15 years before, a totally down-and-out grad student at the U. of London, he somehow became British Security's smoothest, smartest, most prized hit-man--code name "Summer Soldier." That line of work cost Ray his first marriage, so he quit and tried to forget, but Misha Vlasov hasn't forgotten that Ray blew up Mrs. Vlasov during a bungled assassination attempt in Italy. Now Vlasov, who defected to the West for one reason only, has evened the score, but he wants more: a showdown, in Los Angeles, at Griffith Park. Enraged, Ray is willing, eager even, so he has to sneak down from Frisco to L.A., evading both the cops (who think maybe Ray killed Louise himself) and the CIA, who want to rope Vlasov in. The Griffith Park showdown isa satisfying moment in this extremely well-crafted chunk of amoral, stiff-upper-lipped suspense. Guild's pacing between Ray's recollected past and nightmare present is razor-perfectly timed; readers with the proper bloodthirsty leanings will savor each choreographed execution, and only those with a prejudice against hired killers will fail to be thoroughly absorbed in Ray's tensely shifting, darkly shaded moods.NOT TO BE MISSED!!ALSO A FABULOUS COLLECTIBLE!!HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!This is the softcover stated JOVE FIRST Edition from OCTOBER 1979. Other than a bitof coverwear, the book is in excellent reading condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc.---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo).**Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe. So buy now for this magnificent, impossible-to-find THRILLER COLLECTIBLE. ALL OF MY LISTINGS ARE BETTER THAN AN product!! IF YOUSEEK OUTINCENTIVES LIKE FREE SHIPPING-------- YOU'VE GOT IT!!! PLUS---CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO PAY!!!! IF THE LISTED PRICE IS A BIT OUT OF YOUR PRICE RANGE, CHECK BEST OFFER AND STATE THE REASONABLEPRICEYOU WOULD LIKE TO PAY---CHANCES ARETHE ITEM WILL BE YOURS--IMMEDIATELY!! (Sometimes I even accept unreasonable offers!) DON'T JUST BROWSE!!! THIS IS THE ITEM YOU SEARCHED FOR---AND IT COULD BE YOURS FOR THE PRICE YOU WOULD LIKE!! NO WAITING FOR AN product TO END----AND NO DEAL LIKE THIS ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET!!!! _______________________________________________________________________________________WANT TOSEE MORE LIKE THIS??FOR EXTRA-SPECIAL SAVINGSGO TOBARRYS BARGAIN BIN (CLICK HERE--)forBOOKS THOUSANDS OFUNIQUE TITLES (no duplication) ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FIRST EDITIONS ! +MUSICIN ALL GENRES AND FORMATS(lps, 45s, 78s, and cassettes)+ASSORTED RARE CURIOSITIESEVERYTHING(except death and taxes) IS NEGOTIABLE!MAKE ME AN OFFER I CAN'T REFUSE!! (NO HORSE'S HEAD IN THE BED, PLEASE!)ALLREASONABLE OFFERS WILL BE ACCEPTED!!!(EVEN THE OCCASIONAL UNREASONABLE OFFER)Be sure to add me to your favorites list010113
