- The publisher is incorrect. According to the title page, it should be Grove Weidenfeld.
- The publication date is incorrect. The copyright page says that this edition was published 1992, and the publisher’s website also says March 1, 1992.
- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows, transcribed from the back of the book:
The author of Closer, “a story about how desire can persist to the brink of self-destruction and beyond” (Thomas Edwards, The New York Review of Books), takes a further step in his chilling exploration of sex and death. Possessed by the mystery of a series of fake snuff photographs he was shown as a teenager, “Dennis,” the narrator of Frisk, lives in a world where the rules of attraction have become a game of treasure hunt, and love is only a matching of images and body parts. In Holland, finally, in a room in a windmill above a brewery, Dennis is freed from the need to respect feelings; the unimaginable becomes an idea, and the idea a reality. Frisk is an unflinching and inexorable walk on the line between death and desire, where there is no retribution.
1. Hardcover: Frisk (ISBN 9780802113993)
- The publication date should just be 1991. I can’t find a specific date beyond that, but it was almost certainly not published on New Year’s Day.
- The editions field says “1st” and “First Edition.” One of these should be removed. It doesn’t need to say it twice.
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2. Paperback: Frisk (ISBN 9780802132895)
- The publisher is incorrect. According to the title page, it should be Grove Weidenfeld.
- The publication date is incorrect. The copyright page says that this edition was published 1992, and the publisher’s website also says March 1, 1992.
- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows, transcribed from the back of the book:
The author of Closer, “a story about how desire can persist to the brink of self-destruction and beyond” (Thomas Edwards, The New York Review of Books), takes a further step in his chilling exploration of sex and death. Possessed by the mystery of a series of fake snuff photographs he was shown as a teenager, “Dennis,” the narrator of Frisk, lives in a world where the rules of attraction have become a game of treasure hunt, and love is only a matching of images and body parts. In Holland, finally, in a room in a windmill above a brewery, Dennis is freed from the need to respect feelings; the unimaginable becomes an idea, and the idea a reality. Frisk is an unflinching and inexorable walk on the line between death and desire, where there is no retribution.