The Diary of a Rapist: A Novel by Evan S. Connell - 1988-06-01

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

North Point Pr, 1988-06-01. Paperback. Good. 0.6000 8.1000 5.5000. Cover and edges shows minor shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact.

North Point Press, 1988. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7.

New York NY: Dell Publishing. 1967. Paperback. 0865473080 . Very Good with no dust jacket; Wear along edges; Mass Market PB .

San Francisco, CA North Point Press, 1988. Paperback Reprint Edition. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to extremities. The binding leans very slightly but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 252pp. Reprint Edition. The First Edition was published in 1966. Trade Paperback. Spurned by his wife at home and by superiors at work, a young man sits in his cramped San Francisco apartment during the turbulent 1960s and channels everything around him into a diary that is a perfect record of a world going to pieces. Spurned by his wife at home and by superiors at work, a young man sits in his cramped San Francisco apartment during the turbulent 1960s and channels everything around him into a diary that is a perfect record of a world going to hell. This is the diary of a rapist. It is also an exploration of the degenerating thought patterns of this man's mind. The… Read More

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5 1/2" x 8. 252 pages. Originally published in 1966, this book has been recognized as a classic case study as well as a daringly compassionate portrait of a man consumed by self-loathing. Author's third novel, originallly published in 1966 it is a study of a mind turning on itself., probing its dark recesses and inner limits and finally exploding in horror, rage and madness. Earl Summerfield is an obscure petty civil servant whose work for the State Employment Bureau in San Francisco is a dreary mixture of maddening bureaucracy and water-cooler politics. His marriage has drifted into indifference and hatred. His diary starkly records the fluctuating contempt for others and apologetic self-hatred of inward retreat. He becomes obcessed with Mara St. John, a young beauty queen and socialite. Slowly his dark fantasies take shape in action as he follows women in the street, brushes against them in elevators, prowls backyards, and… Read More

North Point Pr, 1988-06. Paperback. Good.

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