Set This House on Fire.

New York, NY New American Library: Signet , 1961. Paperback First Edition Thus (1961), First Printing, so stated. First Edition Thus (1961), First Printing, so stated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: very faint creasing to three of the corners; a former owner's name inscribed at the upper corner of the front endpaper; a half-inch split aet the front edge of the head of the backstrip; else only mild rubbing and faint soiling to the panels and the expected light tanning to the text pages, due to aging; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip (except of production creases not due to usage). Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. A handsome copy for its age, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor imperfections. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7.1 x 4.25 x 0.7 inches). 480 pages. Language: English. Weight: 7 ounces. Q1944. Cover price: $0.95. All edges tinted red. Mass Market Paperback. William Clark Styron Jr. (1925 – 2006) was an American novelist and essayist who won major literary awards for his work, including the National Book Award in 1980 for Sophie's Choice. After a short stint in the military, Styron spent an extended period in Europe. In Paris, he became friends with writers Romain Gary, George Plimpton, Peter Matthiessen, James Baldwin, James Jones and Irwin Shaw, among others. In 1953, the group founded the magazine Paris Review, which became a celebrated literary journal. The year 1953 was eventful for Styron in another way. Finally able to take advantage of his Rome Prize, he traveled to Italy, where he became friends with Truman Capote. Some of Styron's experiences during this period inspired his third published book "Set This House on Fire", a novel about intellectual American expatriates on the Amalfi coast of Italy. The novel's translation into French achieved best-seller status, far outselling the sales of the original American edition.