New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1988). First Edition. Hardcover. 052524655X . [nice tight copy, very minor soiling to page edges, NO remainder mark; jacket rubbed/scuffed, some surface-scratching]. The Minneapolis-based columnist/humorist's elusive first novel, about the " society" editor of a small-town Minnesota newspaper, whose wish for a simple life goes wildly awry, first when he inherits his great-aunt's house -- "the Minneapolis version of Mad King Ludwig's castle," complete with ancient servants and a freeloading cousin -- and then when he gets involved as the unwilling "media mouthpiece" for AIL, the Alimentary Instruction League, "a nonimperialist, nonsexist, nonracist, pronutrition radical cell dedicated to the struggle of changing America's eating habits by whatever means necessary." The organization's motto is "Eat Right or Die," and they soon hatch a plan to put plutonium into the water supply. .

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Bookseller: ReadInk (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8708
Title: Falling Up the Stairs
Author: Lileks, James
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dj
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 052524655X
ISBN 13: 9780525246558
Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Co.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: (c.1988)
Keywords: 052524655X, Comic Novel, Minneapolis, Newspapers, Editors, Nutrition, Fanatics, Terrorism, First Novel

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