1973, ISBN: 9780394487311

Edition reliée

NY: Random House, Inc., 1973. First printing of the Random House hardcover edition. Third novel. xii, 340pp. Brown cloth, gilt spine lettering, blindstamped black ink front cover author i… Plus…

NY: Random House, Inc., 1973. First printing of the Random House hardcover edition. Third novel. xii, 340pp. Brown cloth, gilt spine lettering, blindstamped black ink front cover author initials design, orange, blue, and brown endpaper map, navy blue topstain. Dust jacket price has been clipped.. Signed by Mewshaw to title page. Book appears in tight, lightly used condition with remainder stamp to bottom edge; dust jacket has spine fade and is price-clipped. "Larry McMurtry has praised Mewshaw's honesty and insight in dealing with young people he describes in his early novels 'Man in Motion', 'Waking Slow', and 'The Toll' . Mewshaw's portraits of youth in the late 1960s and 1970s provoke a powerful sense of recognition for those of that generation.Mewshaw's characters impress with their authenticity, their often misplaced romanticism and idealism, and their search for roots and an identity.Mewshaw's subsequent novels and works of non-fiction reflect a life spent on the move and mostly lived abroad. They also reflect a wide range of interests, from literature to travel to tennis, as well as a strong sense of attachment to the less aflluent suburbs of Washington DC, where the writer grew up...Mewshaw remains first and foremost what the French call an homme de lettres, a littéraire. [In addition to his acclaimed novels and non-fiction works] he has known [a] number of...writers, [such as Graham Greene, Paul Bowles, William Styron, Gore Vidal, Robert Penn Warren] many of whom have been important influences as well as mentors and good friends. " - Richard Golson. "'The Toll' is set in Morocco, a country of spectacular physical beauty and frequently ugly and brutal living conditions. In an atmosphere of uneasiness after an attempted coup, Ted Kuyler, an ex-Marine and veteran of several ambiguous wars, is hired by a group of young Americans who need help. A friend has just gotten a long jail sentence for possession of an illegal weapon, and they want him freed. Because Ted is lonely, financially desperate, and prematurely apprehensive about his age, he accepts the job and one girl's offer of love. But soon the group are as much in conflict with one another as with the Moroccan authorities, and they become involved in bribery, deceit, betrayal, and murder, with each step taking them farther along a narrow path from which there is no turning back. As the book carries the reader, as well as the characters, toward its climax, they experience together a shattering insight into the self-delusion and disaster that often undermine any attempt to impose individual concepts of justice and freedom upon others.With his third novel in four years, Michael Mewshaw stakes his claim as one of the country's most energetic and resourceful young writers. 'The Toll', like his previous work, challenges facile current assumptions, this time by pushing out dramatically from personal, introspective questions to an examination of the consequences of political intervention and violence. Seldom since Hemingway has an American author described physical action, exhaustion, and fear so vividly. But what makes 'The Toll' truly distinctive is the much different and thought-provoking perspective which Mr. Mewshaw brings to the familiar themes of military expertise, masculine initiation, and courage under fire, and his insistence on exploring the outermost darkness of the shadows cast by every act." - dust jacket front flap.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good in Very Good DJ/Very Good. Illus. by Dust Jacket Design By Jon Lopez; Endpaper Maps By J.P. Tremblay. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Random House, Inc., 1973<

1973, ISBN: 0394487311

Edition reliée, Première édition

[EAN: 9780394487311], [PU: Random House, Inc., NY], FICTION FIRST EDITION SIGNED, Jacket, First printing of the Random House hardcover edition. Third novel. xii, 340pp. Brown cloth, gilt … Plus…

[EAN: 9780394487311], [PU: Random House, Inc., NY], FICTION FIRST EDITION SIGNED, Jacket, First printing of the Random House hardcover edition. Third novel. xii, 340pp. Brown cloth, gilt spine lettering, blindstamped black ink front cover author initials design, orange, blue, and brown endpaper map, navy blue topstain. Dust jacket price has been clipped. Signed by Mewshaw to title page. Book appears in tight, lightly used condition with remainder stamp to bottom edge; dust jacket has spine fade and is price-clipped. "Larry McMurtry has praised Mewshaw's honesty and insight in dealing with young people he describes in his early novels 'Man in Motion', 'Waking Slow', and 'The Toll' . Mewshaw's portraits of youth in the late 1960s and 1970s provoke a powerful sense of recognition for those of that generation.Mewshaw's characters impress with their authenticity, their often misplaced romanticism and idealism, and their search for roots and an identity.Mewshaw's subsequent novels and works of non-fiction reflect a life spent on the move and mostly lived abroad. They also reflect a wide range of interests, from literature to travel to tennis, as well as a strong sense of attachment to the less aflluent suburbs of Washington DC, where the writer grew up.Mewshaw remains first and foremost what the French call an homme de lettres, a littéraire. [In addition to his acclaimed novels and non-fiction works] he has known [a] number of.writers, [such as Graham Greene, Paul Bowles, William Styron, Gore Vidal, Robert Penn Warren] many of whom have been important influences as well as mentors and good friends. " - Richard Golson. "'The Toll' is set in Morocco, a country of spectacular physical beauty and frequently ugly and brutal living conditions. In an atmosphere of uneasiness after an attempted coup, Ted Kuyler, an ex-Marine and veteran of several ambiguous wars, is hired by a group of young Americans who need help. A friend has just gotten a long jail sentence for possession of an illegal weapon, and they want him freed. Because Ted is lonely, financially desperate, and prematurely apprehensive about his age, he accepts the job and one girl's offer of love. But soon the group are as much in conflict with one another as with the Moroccan authorities, and they become involved in bribery, deceit, betrayal, and murder, with each step taking them farther along a narrow path from which there is no turning back. As the book carries the reader, as well as the characters, toward its climax, they experience together a shattering insight into the self-delusion and disaster that often undermine any attempt to impose individual concepts of justice and freedom upon others.With his third novel in four years, Michael Mewshaw stakes his claim as one of the country's most energetic and resourceful young writers. 'The Toll', like his previous work, challenges facile current assumptions, this time by pushing out dramatically from personal, introspective questions to an examination of the consequences of political intervention and violence. Seldom since Hemingway has an American author described physical action, exhaustion, and fear so vividly. But what makes 'The Toll' truly distinctive is the much different and thought-provoking perspective which Mr. Mewshaw brings to the familiar themes of military expertise, masculine initiation, and courage under fire, and his insistence on exploring the outermost darkness of the shadows cast by every act." - dust jacket front flap.<

1973, ISBN: 0394487311

Edition reliée, Première édition

[EAN: 9780394487311], [PU: Random House, Inc., NY], FICTION FIRST EDITION SIGNED, Jacket, First printing of the Random House hardcover edition. Third novel. xii, 340pp. Brown cloth, gilt … Plus…

[EAN: 9780394487311], [PU: Random House, Inc., NY], FICTION FIRST EDITION SIGNED, Jacket, First printing of the Random House hardcover edition. Third novel. xii, 340pp. Brown cloth, gilt spine lettering, blindstamped black ink front cover author initials design, orange, blue, and brown endpaper map, navy blue topstain. Dust jacket price has been clipped. Signed by Mewshaw to title page. Book appears in tight, lightly used condition with remainder stamp to bottom edge; dust jacket has spine fade and is price-clipped. "Larry McMurtry has praised Mewshaw's honesty and insight in dealing with young people he describes in his early novels 'Man in Motion', 'Waking Slow', and 'The Toll' . Mewshaw's portraits of youth in the late 1960s and 1970s provoke a powerful sense of recognition for those of that generation.Mewshaw's characters impress with their authenticity, their often misplaced romanticism and idealism, and their search for roots and an identity.Mewshaw's subsequent novels and works of non-fiction reflect a life spent on the move and mostly lived abroad. They also reflect a wide range of interests, from literature to travel to tennis, as well as a strong sense of attachment to the less aflluent suburbs of Washington DC, where the writer grew up.Mewshaw remains first and foremost what the French call an homme de lettres, a littéraire. [In addition to his acclaimed novels and non-fiction works] he has known [a] number of.writers, [such as Graham Greene, Paul Bowles, William Styron, Gore Vidal, Robert Penn Warren] many of whom have been important influences as well as mentors and good friends. " - Richard Golson. "'The Toll' is set in Morocco, a country of spectacular physical beauty and frequently ugly and brutal living conditions. In an atmosphere of uneasiness after an attempted coup, Ted Kuyler, an ex-Marine and veteran of several ambiguous wars, is hired by a group of young Americans who need help. A friend has just gotten a long jail sentence for possession of an illegal weapon, and they want him freed. Because Ted is lonely, financially desperate, and prematurely apprehensive about his age, he accepts the job and one girl's offer of love. But soon the group are as much in conflict with one another as with the Moroccan authorities, and they become involved in bribery, deceit, betrayal, and murder, with each step taking them farther along a narrow path from which there is no turning back. As the book carries the reader, as well as the characters, toward its climax, they experience together a shattering insight into the self-delusion and disaster that often undermine any attempt to impose individual concepts of justice and freedom upon others.With his third novel in four years, Michael Mewshaw stakes his claim as one of the country's most energetic and resourceful young writers. 'The Toll', like his previous work, challenges facile current assumptions, this time by pushing out dramatically from personal, introspective questions to an examination of the consequences of political intervention and violence. Seldom since Hemingway has an American author described physical action, exhaustion, and fear so vividly. But what makes 'The Toll' truly distinctive is the much different and thought-provoking perspective which Mr. Mewshaw brings to the familiar themes of military expertise, masculine initiation, and courage under fire, and his insistence on exploring the outermost darkness of the shadows cast by every act." - dust jacket front flap.<

1973, ISBN: 0394487311

Edition reliée, Première édition

[EAN: 9780394487311], [PU: Random House, Inc., NY], FICTION FIRST EDITION SIGNED, First printing of the Random House hardcover edition. Third novel. xii, 340pp. Brown cloth, gilt spine le… Plus…

[EAN: 9780394487311], [PU: Random House, Inc., NY], FICTION FIRST EDITION SIGNED, First printing of the Random House hardcover edition. Third novel. xii, 340pp. Brown cloth, gilt spine lettering, blindstamped black ink front cover author initials design, orange, blue, and brown endpaper map, navy blue topstain. Dust jacket price has been clipped. Signed by Mewshaw to title page. Book appears in tight, lightly used condition with remainder stamp to bottom edge; dust jacket has spine fade and is price-clipped. "Larry McMurtry has praised Mewshaw's honesty and insight in dealing with young people he describes in his early novels 'Man in Motion', 'Waking Slow', and 'The Toll' . Mewshaw's portraits of youth in the late 1960s and 1970s provoke a powerful sense of recognition for those of that generation.Mewshaw's characters impress with their authenticity, their often misplaced romanticism and idealism, and their search for roots and an identity.Mewshaw's subsequent novels and works of non-fiction reflect a life spent on the move and mostly lived abroad. They also reflect a wide range of interests, from literature to travel to tennis, as well as a strong sense of attachment to the less aflluent suburbs of Washington DC, where the writer grew up.Mewshaw remains first and foremost what the French call an homme de lettres, a littéraire. [In addition to his acclaimed novels and non-fiction works] he has known [a] number of.writers, [such as Graham Greene, Paul Bowles, William Styron, Gore Vidal, Robert Penn Warren] many of whom have been important influences as well as mentors and good friends. " - Richard Golson. "'The Toll' is set in Morocco, a country of spectacular physical beauty and frequently ugly and brutal living conditions. In an atmosphere of uneasiness after an attempted coup, Ted Kuyler, an ex-Marine and veteran of several ambiguous wars, is hired by a group of young Americans who need help. A friend has just gotten a long jail sentence for possession of an illegal weapon, and they want him freed. Because Ted is lonely, financially desperate, and prematurely apprehensive about his age, he accepts the job and one girl's offer of love. But soon the group are as much in conflict with one another as with the Moroccan authorities, and they become involved in bribery, deceit, betrayal, and murder, with each step taking them farther along a narrow path from which there is no turning back. As the book carries the reader, as well as the characters, toward its climax, they experience together a shattering insight into the self-delusion and disaster that often undermine any attempt to impose individual concepts of justice and freedom upon others.With his third novel in four years, Michael Mewshaw stakes his claim as one of the country's most energetic and resourceful young writers. 'The Toll', like his previous work, challenges facile current assumptions, this time by pushing out dramatically from personal, introspective questions to an examination of the consequences of political intervention and violence. Seldom since Hemingway has an American author described physical action, exhaustion, and fear so vividly. But what makes 'The Toll' truly distinctive is the much different and thought-provoking perspective which Mr. Mewshaw brings to the familiar themes of military expertise, masculine initiation, and courage under fire, and his insistence on exploring the outermost darkness of the shadows cast by every act." - dust jacket front flap.<