The Last Samurai
London: Chatto & Windus, 2000.
Hardcover.
First UK Edition, First UK Printing. Author’s widely acclaimed first published novel.
A brilliant single mother raises her son to become a prodigy and an aficionado of Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai. At eleven he ventures forth to find first his birth father – and then a father figure more akin to his unusual intellect.
Item #902145ISBN: 0701169567
6-1/8 x 9-1/2", black paper over boards, 530pp.
Crimping to head of spine, toning to leaves, clean of owner’s marks, tight, square, crisp corners, very good plus in complete dust wrapper with a bit of crimping to top-edge, in protective mylar.
Price: $40.00
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