SUZUKI BEANE
First edition of this cult tale of the little beatnik Suzuki Beane.
Very good plus in a very good plus jacket.
Price: $600.00
SUZUKI BEANE
"there's this goofball [...] in my class reading the latest dr. seuss [...] he is square personified. the other day i asked him what he thought of jack kerouac."
While often described as a satire of ELOISE, SUZUKI BEANE is actually something much more subversive: a book that in its deep affection for its subject renders the story's original penthouse-living inspiration the parody. Both Scoppettone ("who lives in Greenwich Village and knows Suzuki well because, in part, she was Suzuki" - rear flap) and Fitzhugh were themselves bohemians and their portrait of the precocious Bleecker Street "pad" dwelling Suzuki and her "square" friend Henry defies easy labels, arguing — much like Fitzhugh's HARRIET THE SPY three years later — that the emotional lives of children are far richer and more real than even the adults closest to them know. Though long out-of-print, the book was popular upon release, going through at least several printings in hardcover as well as a mass-market paperback issue less than a year later. It remains beloved (if under-appreciated). A handsome example of this renegade classic, worthy of a wider rediscovery.
The Object
First printing. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company Inc, 1961. 10'' x 7''. Original glossy color pictorial boards. In original matching unclipped ($2.50) color pictorial dust jacket. 96 pages. Some sun fading to spine, as common. Mild toning, edgewear, rubbing to jacket. Top board slightly bowed. Small bump to lower edge. Overall, bright and clean.
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