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Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: VG+, Shelfwear, Small Bumps. 1st Edition. Comic drama. Author's first novel. Jacket by Simon Scarsbrook. Expanded condition report/scan on request.

first edition 104pp F in NF d/w (sl.bumps w.sl.stains).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition book with price unclipped dust jacket. Very good condition. 104pp., 14 x 22 cms., shipping weight 260 grams. The story is set largely in Palermo, Italy. It depict the empty life of Lorenzo D'Ayala, a middle-class museum archivist, who has become depressed since he lost his wife. He has always obeyed the duties and constraints of the Italian middle class and obeyed its tastes and dictates, but the absence of his wife only goes to show him how empty his previous life was. Deciding to reinvent himself he hires his tailor's niece as a maid. Although they never make love the girl awakens D'Ayala's previously absent sensuality with her vivacious charm. Unfortunately, this change in his demeanour leads to him being sacked by his new boss at the museum, so he tries to take possession the Milan home of his son and daughter-in-law, Laura. He finds out however that his daughter in law is trying to sell the apartment .