Boston: Little Brown, (1991) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The seventh novel by this Southern author: "A high-spirited romp through the lower depths of academe, as repressed theatrical scion/drama prof Theodore Ryan-- taking inspiration from his sozzled friend Joshua `'Ford'' Rexford, the distinguished playwright whose biography Theo is writing--seizes the day and finds a daring, joyous, illegal way to get his own play on the boards. Theo's play, Foolscap, a historical fantasy about Sir Walter Raleigh's attempt to write a play about himself just before his execution, has been ignored by the few people who've seen it as dated and unplayable," (Kirkus) INSCRIBED on the title page to the late Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. 392 pp. ISBN: 0-316-545279.