Signed limited first edition of McCarthy's original 1976 teleplay, directed by documentarian Richard Pearce and broadcast on PBS as part of the VISIONS series to considerable acclaim.
Near fine in near fine slipcase.
Price: $1,500.00
"We've all seen murderers carouse in the streets while the righteous go to the scaffold."
Pearce sought out McCarthy as screenwriter on the strength of his early novels, particularly the necrophiliac extravaganza CHILD OF GOD, "the oddest of a wonderfully odd lot" and a book which struck Pearce as "easily the most cinematic" of the three then published. Director and writer were well-matched: "[McCarthy] had never even seen, much less written a screenplay before, and [Pearce] had never directed a fiction film, only documentaries." The finished product starred Brad Dourif, who found McCarthy's company "hilarious," and delighted Tom Allen of the VILLAGE VOICE, who thought the film one of the year's best.
Read more: Josyph, Adventures in Reading Cormac McCarthy; Peebles, Cormac McCarthy and Performance: Page, Stage, Screen.
First printing. (Hopewell, NJ): The Ecco Press, (1996). 7.5'' x 5''. Original blind-stamped russet cloth with silver-stamped spine. In original tan cloth slipcase. Edition of 350 numbered and signed copies; this copy no. 41. Signed by McCarthy below limitation statement. 93, [1] pages. Slipcase with trace shelfwear. A couple of tiny specks of soil to front board, thin line of discoloration to front and rear pastedown at hinge (production error).
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