Fade Out: Douglas Woolf (lettered, handbound)

Woolf, Douglas

ISBN 10: 0876859899 / ISBN 13: 9780876859896

Published by Black Sparrow Press, 1996

About this Item

I have two copies of the lettered edition of this novel, E & F of 26 handbound by Earle Gray. Both acetate sleeves are scuffed, all else in fine condition. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

Seller Inventory # 07910

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fade Out: Douglas Woolf (lettered, handbound)
• Publisher: Black Sparrow Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0876859899
• ISBN 13: 9780876859896
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Limited Edition.
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 28 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • literature & fiction

About this title

Synopsis

First published in 1959, Fade Out is a stunning, surreal criticism of American life in the materialistic, youth-and money-crazed 1950s. Its hero is Dick Twombley, a 74-year old retired bank clerk who struggles to retain what remains of his dignity in a world that regards old age as an embarrassment. When he is mistakenly accused of kidnapping two little girls he has befriended, Dick’s daughter packs him off to a suburban New York City retirement home. He soon makes his escape with the help of a fellow inmate, and together the two “fugitives from injustice” embark on a cross-country odyssey that lands them in the abandoned hotel of an Arizona ghost town.

About the Author

Woolf was well-respected throughout his career and created some of the most startlingly original works of the twentieth century. At the time of his death in 1992, he had published 10 novels and collections of short stories.