First edition of Malamud's third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Susie and Paul, Old friends, Everything good Bern." The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud and brother of printmaker Karl Schrag. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. Housed in a custom clamshell box. "An overlooked masterpiece. It may still be undervalued as Malamud's funniest and most embracing novel" (Jonathan Lethem).

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Title

A New Life.

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York

Publication Date

1961

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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