Never the Same Again
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons [1956], 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 11-318, [2] pp. Quarter beige cloth over red paper boards with purple decorations, red lettering on the spine. Price of $4.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A coming-of age story focused on thirteen year old Johnny Parish. Parish lives in a small midwestern town and develops a close relationship with Roy, a thirty-year old gas station worker who comes to develop intimate feelings for Johnny. The novel explores this controversial relationship and the fall-out when the court and the town learns about Roy and Johnny. A stirring novel written from Johnny's perspective, with a keen sense of the midwestern rural dialect. The narrative explores his trauma and confusion over his first teenage summer. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #000010303
A Near Fine book with a name on the free front endpaper and just a touch of wear to the corners; jacket is Near Fine with minute edge wear and rubbing.
Price: $250.00