Baby Cat-Face: A Novel

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. BX5 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good- condition with a dust jacket in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in red paper covered boards quarter bound in red cloth with glack lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear plus the front endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process plus there is the usual library stamp and label on the inside surface of the front board and the "other works by this author" page plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. The dust jacket shows no visible signs of wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve plus there is the usual library label on the spine plus the endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. The main character hs been shocked and confused by the violence and craziness of everyday life. She is living in the shadow world of New Orleans, taking spooky side trips to Mississippi and North Carolina and struggles with a variety of odd forces and experiences such as the specters of love, fundamentalist religion, and extraterrestrial activity, among others. The author is a winner of the PEN award, an award from the National Endowment for the arts, the Art Director's Club of New York, and the American Library Association and he has also won the Italina national book award established by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Alberto Moravia. By the author of "Wild at Heart" and "Night People." 171p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 5.75"x7.75". Ex-Library.