OH THE GLORY OF IT ALL by Wilsey, Sean - 2005

New York City, NY: The Penguin Press, 2005. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: The Penguin Press, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 482 pages. The author's breakthrough debut memoir. One of the most important literary debuts of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Sean Wilsey's "Oh The Glory of It All". Wilsey's hilarious account of how he survived his weird and terrible childhood. Makes him the central character of his worldly-wise memoir. But its most interesting characters are his parents: His mother had appeared in Armistead Maupin's "Tales of The City" as a thinly veiled character. We see her whole here, warts and all, through the eyes of her writer/son. The book contains the most evil parent since Joan "Mommie Dearest" Crawford. Dede banned afternoon TV, monitored Wilsey's phone calls, played endless mind games, told Wilsey what to wear, and gave indispensable advice like, "You should wash your hands first before you use the urinal. Not after. Your penis isn't dirty. But your hands are". She is a larger-than-life drama queen who slept with Frank Sinatra, held salons, hosted a talk show, asked Wilsey to commit suicide with her (after his father finally left her for her best friend) , and became a globe-trotting peace activist in order to win the Nobel Peace Prize: "Someone has to win it, Sean. Why not me?". "I couldn't stop reading the damn thing" (Armistead Maupin) . Neither will the reader. An absolute "must-have" title for Sean Wilsey collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Sean Wilsey. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have very serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 1594200513.