BLACK LEOPARD, RED WOLF: "DARK STAR" TRILOGY BOOK 1 by James, Marlon - 2019

New York City, NY: Riverhead Books, 2019. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Riverhead Books, 2019. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 620 pages. The author's fourth novel, the first of a projected trilogy. One of Marlon James' finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the British Edition and copies that are signed on a tipped-in page. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Presents Marlon James' "Black Leopard, Red Wolf: Dark Star Trilogy Book 1". The author's exciting foray into the fantasy genre, just as "A Brief History of Seven Killings" was, in effect, his crime/mystery novel. The trilogy, as envisioned by him, will tell the same story from different characters' points-of-view. "The kind of novel I never realized I was missing until I read it. A dangerous, hallucinatory, ancient Africa, which becomes a fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter's. It's as deep and crafty as Gene Wolfe, bloodier than Robert E. Howard, and all Marlon James. It's something very new that feels old, in the best way. I cannot wait for the next installment" (Neil Gaiman). Curiously enough, Gaiman - and so many other commentators - doesn't mention that it is also soaked in heavy sex, primarily gay. As fantasy goes, that is something very new, in the best way. It will be interesting to see how heartthrob Michael B. Jordan and Hollywood plan to adapt it for the screen. An absolute "must-have" title for Marlon James collectors. <b><i> This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed, placed, and dated (on the day of publication) in gold pen-marker on the title page by the author: "Marlon James 2.5.19 NYC". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page, as many copies available online are. It comes with a lovely Promotional Souvenir Pin that was issued by the publisher on a very limited basis to celebrate the book's publication. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, placed, and publication-day dated copy (with Promotional Souvenir Pin) of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. </b></i> Winner of the Booker Prize for "A Brief History of Seven Killings" in 2015. One of the most brilliant novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MARLON JAMES TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0735220174.