NY: E. P. Dutton, 1986. 141pp. Black paper over boards, white quarter-cloth. Fine in unclipped jacket with a spot of adhesive to verso from former jacket protector.
First hardcover edition of the third novel by American writer William Demby (1922-2013); a satirical story about a Black Studies professor and freelance writer assigned to profile an aging chanteuse for a women's magazine. Originally published in a wrappered edition in 1978. Jacket design by Paul Chevannes.
