Description: Isaac Asimov, Murder at the ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days and Sixty Scenes. Hardcover Book in Dust Jacket, Book Club Edition. 1976. Legendary author Asimov, author of over 500 books, turns his hand to creating a "wonderfully woven, old-fashioned tale of murder in which the pen is indeed proved to be mightier than the sword." The book follows the adventures of a writer and amateur detective named Darius Just, whom Asimov modeled on his friend Harlan Ellison. While attending a convention of the American Booksellers Association, Just discovers the dead body of a friend and protégé. Convinced that the death was due to murder, but unable to convince the police, Just decides to investigate on his own. The book is an example of metafiction, as Asimov himself appears as a character doing research for a murder mystery set at a booksellers' convention. In 1979 Asimov described Murder at the ABA as "my favorite book of all two hundred I have written so far." The book is in good to very good condition, pages bright and clean and unmarked. Spine tight, mustard yellow book boards good. Tiny bend to spine board at top of spine. Dust jacket is good, with some wear to top spine and lower front cover which has a tiny, closed tear, as indicated by my pictures, which are of the actual book being offered for sale. The book appears to be unread. A good to very good edition of a collectible book by a prolific, collectible author!
Price: 25 USD
Location: Aberdeen, Mississippi
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Author: Isaac Asimov
Book Title: Murder at the ABA
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Publication Year: 1976
Original Language: English
Features: Dust Jacket
Type: Novel
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Narrative Type: Fiction
Edition: Book Club Edition
Ex Libris: No
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Inscribed: No
Personalize: No
Signed: No
Vintage: Yes
Personalized: No
Item Height: .75 in
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Weight: 15 oz
Item Width: 5.75 in
Number of Pages: 246 pages
Book Series: Isaac Asimov
Topic: Whodunit, Murder Mystery, Mystery, Books
Literary Movement: Modernism
Era: 1970s
Genre: Murder Mystery, Crime & Thriller, Mystery
