Travel
Long Weekend in San Francisco + Neo Noir Novel Set in Frisco
- Item Number
- 105
- Estimated Value
- 725 USD
- Leading Bid
- 300 USD
- Number of Bids
- 3 - Bid History
Item Description
Enjoy a two-night getaway for two to the city by the bay. Stay in this prestigious Nob Hill Edwardian built in 1911. Enjoy the elegant one-bedroom suite decorated with English antiques. Includes a full kitchen.
The winning bidder will also receive a copy of The Dead Do Not Improve by Jay Caspian Kang:
On a residential Bay Area block struggling with the collision of gentrifier condos and longtime residents, stymied recent MFA grad Philip Kim is sleeping the night away when bullets fly through a window in his apartment building and end up killing one of his neighbors. Philip only learns about the murder the next day when bored and Googling himself. But when he gets caught up in the investigation and becomes the focus of an elaborate, violent scheme, he will learn far more than he ever wanted to about his former four-eggs-at-a-time borrowing neighbor Dolores Stone, aka “The Grey Beaver,” and her shocking connections to an underworld only a city like this one could create.
Siddhartha “Sid” Finch, a homicide detective bitter about everything except his gorgeous wife, and his phlegmatic, pock-marked partner Jim Kim, land the case. Sid and Jim race after Philip through a menacing, unknowable San Francisco fending off militant surfers, vaguely European cafes, and aggressive Advanced Creative Writing students as they all try to figure out just who’s causing trouble in this city they love to hate.
Exceedingly unique, pulsing with vigor and heart, and loaded with fierce, fresh language, The Dead Do Not Improve confirms Jay Caspian Kang as a true American original as obsessed with surfing and surviving as with the power of unforgettable storytelling.
Item Special Note
Dates subject to availability. Must be used by October 2013.
Donated By:
Patty Gregory
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