COOK, ROBIN — Coma a Novel

New York, NY: Little Brown & Co, 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316155101. SIGNED EDITION. This book has been signed by the author on the title page. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book is in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the top spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. All three edges of the text block have noticeable spots of foxing. (if not for the foxing, the book would be in Near Fine condition. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright. There is one tiny tear and wrinkle to the top rear panel of the dust jacket. The reverse of the dust jacket has spots of foxing as well (again, if not for the foxing, the dust jacket would be in Very Good+ condition). "The Year of the Intern, was a failure, but Cook began to study bestsellers. He said, "I studied how the reader was manipulated by the writer. I came up with a list of techniques that I wrote down on index cards. And I used every one of them in Coma." He conceived the idea for Coma, about creating illegally a supply of transplant organs, in 1975. In March 1977, that novel's paperback rights sold for $800,000. It was followed by the Egyptology thriller Sphinx in 1979 and another medical thriller, Brain, in 1981. Cook then decided he preferred writing rather than a medical career. " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .