A Fortunate Madness.
Book Description
FIRST EDITION,
Dealer Notes
Inscribed by the author on the title-page: ‘For John Baxter - The only writer I’ve met whose madness makes absoulte sense. With admiration and affection, Susan, November 28, 1975’.
The author’s first novel, a study of bereavement and insanity in the experience of the ‘faltering, gifted young woman’ that is its protagonist. The author’s acquaintance with Baxter was presumably made at the University of Virginia - her alma mater, where Baxter was a visiting professor around this time.
The author’s first novel, a study of bereavement and insanity in the experience of the ‘faltering, gifted young woman’ that is its protagonist. The author’s acquaintance with Baxter was presumably made at the University of Virginia - her alma mater, where Baxter was a visiting professor around this time.
Author
Shreve (Susan Richards)
Date
1974
Binding
original grey cloth, backstrip and upper board lettered in black with wreath decorations, slight lean to spine, top edge pink, dustjacket price-clipped and a little nicked and rubbed,
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin,
Condition
good
Pages
pp. [vi], 212, crown 8vo,
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