NY: Random House, 1974. First edition. 288pp. White quarter-cloth; dust jacket. Sunning to edges of boards; Former owner's address label taped at base of ffep. Unclipped jacket with laminate curling along top and bottom edges, light toning and wear. Very good.
First printing of this semi-autobiographical book by American writer John Gregory Dunne (1932-2003), written following a nervous breakdown and during a temporary separation from his wife, Joan Didion; a hybrid work combining memoir, reportage, and fiction in its exploration of the seamier sides of America's gambling capital. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.
