Signed first printing of O'Brien's stunning narrative of self-destruction.
About fine in fine jacket.
Price: $900.00
"He is very drunk; he is, in fact, very much beyond drunk."
The author's first novel, and the only one published within his lifetime. Heavily autobiographical and drawing from O'Brien's own experience of screenwriting, alcoholism, and despair, the novel was adapted into a critically acclaimed 1995 film, released after O'Brien's death the year before. Though praised as spectacularly dark and unflinching, the adaptation substantially lightened the brutality of the novel, which was in turn a shade more romantic and less devastating than the real life behind it.
First edition. (Wichita): Watermark Press, (1990). 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original black cloth with silver spine lettering. In original unclipped ($19.50) dust jacket. Black endpapers. [6], 189 pages. Signed by O'Brien on title page. Gift inscription to half-title verso. Minor edgewear.
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