New York: Random House, (1983) dj. SIGNED 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. Mystery writer Charlotte Carter said. "In Nettie's work there is a dreamy quality to it that pulls you in as well as the feeling that there is nothing between you and Lewis's voice.. .. Everything comes down to sex. It's the thing that gives life to you, destroys you. It's redemptive, it's religion, it's a yardstick to…
New York: Random House, (1983) dj. SIGNED 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. Mystery writer Charlotte Carter said. "In Nettie's work there is a dreamy quality to it that pulls you in as well as the feeling that there is nothing between you and Lewis's voice.. .. Everything comes down to sex. It's the thing that gives life to you, destroys you. It's redemptive, it's religion, it's a yardstick to how liberal you are and how hip." 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. SIGNED on the title page. 175 pp. ISBN: 0-394532945.
Condition: Near fine in light green boards with a blue cloth spine, gilt lettering in a near fine dust jacket (hint of spine slant, minor soiling to edge of text block, tiny nick to dj, original price of 13.95 on dj flap)