FISH TALES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this Michigan-raised author, one in which the protagonist - a 32 year old woman named Lewis Jones - bounces back and forth between New York City and Detroit in a world full of champagne and cocaine, weird sex, despair and hysteria, recounted in Jones' savagely witty voice. Championed by Gayl Jones, one of Toni Morrison's earlier authors at Random House, this was one of the last books edited by Morrison before she left to become a full-time writer. 175 pp. ISBN: 0-394532945.
Condition: Fine in light green boards with a blue cloth spine, gilt lettering in a very good dust jacket (short closed tear on front cover, small nick at top of spine, original price of 13.95 on dj flap)