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Albuquerque, NM University of New Mexico Press, 1949. Hardcover Presumed First Ed, but unstated. Very Good+: shows a light dampstain at top edge of page block; light wear at head of spine; tiny, barely discernible stain at bottom edge of front board; binding square and secure; text clean. Fresh for this 1949 edition. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 4to. 266pp. Drawings by Lloyd Lozes Goff, calligraphy by Robert Stanford Wallace. Presumed First Ed, but unstated. Decorated cloth over boards. Hardback: Lacks DJ

New York, NY Bantam Books, 1992. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Very Near Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows barely perceptible bumping along top front edge. Binding square and secure; text clean. Dustwrapper shows price intact. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 306pp. Hardback with DJ. First published in 1992, William Hauptman's first novel (and apparently the last, though we should all hope not) came and went rather quietly. I was absorbed right away with the fictional city of Nortex, with the Drennan family, and with the nearly intangible sense of dread and disillusionment set against the backdrop of the Reagan Eighties. At the heart of this big picture is Burl's quest for meaning, symbolized by his chasing tornadoes all across the Panhandle. Hauptman is definitely a writer's writer, which is not to say he's esoteric or intimidating; if anything his prose is as clear and accessible as water. Every… Read More