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Darconville's Cat - A Novelby Theroux, AlexanderFirst Edition
Book DescriptionGarden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1981. xiv, 706pp. Black cloth, gilt spine lettering, gilt author facsimile signature front cover, black endpapers, deckled fore-edge. Dust jacket price 15.95. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to half-title page. 1st issue of the 1st edition. First edition stated on copyright page, page 483 not cancelled [checker-board pattern instead of solid black]. Book is clean, tight and appears unread. Dust jacket has hint of shelfwear to spine base, couple of tiny rubbed spots to upper spine, two small tape ghosts to inner flaps o/w very bright and fine. Scarce signed, especially in this excellent condition. No remainder spray. "Anthony Burgess chose Theroux's 'Darconville's Cat' as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century.It contains multitudes. It is a story of love, obsession and revenge - and it is a story and celebration of the life of the English language - all styles of writing and demotic species are incorporated in its vast body (I speak of the book at its near Proustian bulk, and of the language). And, it is as funny as anything you'll ever read in your life." - . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket/Near Fine. Illus. by Dust jacket painting by Alexander Theroux; Dust Jacket Typography By Kathleen Heslin. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bookseller Terms of SaleCash With Order. PAYPAL. Check. Money Order. Credit card payments can be made through Biblio.com or PAYPAL [www.paypal.com]. All books returnable if not as described within 10 days. Even more information about this bookSummary of Darconville's Cat - A NovelMedia reviews of Darconville's Cat - A Novel Customer ReviewsOn Dec 2 2008, Suddaby said:  "I read this book some years ago and decided I wanted to read it again. The author was a professor of English Literature and the main character in the novel is a professor of English at a girls' college.The book is either autobiographical, or part of the author's daydreams. Anyway, it is a marvellous book that uses more strange language and ideas than any other book I have read. He invents words that sound exactly as they should in the circumstances where he uses them. I hope the book was not autobiographical because Darconville is of such a character that he would be thrown out of most schools. The names of the other characters are marvellous inventions that hopefully could not offend anyone as I could hardle imagine anyone with a name like Hypsipyle Poore or Miss Xystine Chappelle or Mrs. McAwaddle and many more with names that almost describe the person. It is a delight and not surprising that Alexander Theroux is quoted many times in "The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Words" Good reading, Arnold Goldman, Mr. Suddaby's Bookshop, Blairgowrie, Australia." Other Recommended Books
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