Sanctuary Signet Pulp Edition
William Faulkner
Publication Date: 1949
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Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. New York: Signet Books 1949. Contains 188 pages, measures about 4" x 7." Vibrant, attractive cover bears classic pulp art of a lovely woman in an emerald green dress beside a man in a porkpie hat. Sanctuary a 1931 novel about the rape and abduction of an upper-class Mississippi college girl, Temple Drake, during the Prohibition era. The novel was Faulkner's commercial and critical breakthrough, but was controversial. It is said Faulkner claimed it was a "potboiler", written purely for profit. This brightly-colored pulp art cover aligns with Faulkner's claim and increased the novel's sales; Collectable and in very good condition. Seller Inventory # 19110
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Title: Sanctuary Signet Pulp Edition
Publication Date: 1949
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