Size: 9x6x1;

Size: 9x6x1;

Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Simon & Schuster, New York. 1978. 153 pgs. First

Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Simon & Schuster, New York. 1978. 153 pgs. First US Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Darkly brilliant short fiction by the New York Times-bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of Machines Like Me and Atonement. A two-timing pornographer becomes the unwilling object in the fantasies of one of his victims. A jaded millionaire buys himself the perfect mistress and plunges into a hell of jealousy and despair. Over the course of a weekend, a guilt-ridden father with his teenage daughter discovers the depths of his own blundering innocence. Whether these are the written transcripts of dreams or deadly accurate maps of the tremor zones of our psyche, all seven stories in this collection implicate us in the most fearful ways imaginable. EB; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 153 pages.

8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author First US edition, first prnt.

8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author First US edition, first prnt. Signed by McEwan on the title page. Bottom edge of rear board with small indentation; dustjacket with tiny wrinkle on the spine bottom edge. Bright, tight copy in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustkacket with an archival cover. McEwan's third book and second story collection.