New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. 207pp. Bright yellow cloth, embossed gilt.Stated First Edition. Spine leans, otherwise a fine, unmarked copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket has original price of $5.95 on the front flap, and a closed tear on the upper front panel which heals well in a mylar sleeve. "The Gypsy's Curse introduces us to a very strange cast of characters. The narrator, Marvin Molar, has stumps for legs and walks everywhere on his hands. He’s about three feet tall. He can’t speak or hear. Marvin lives in a gym with an old strongman by the name of Al, who frequently refers to himself in the third person. He once had his head run over by a car (deliberately, to prove how strong he is) and now his ear looks like a cauliflour. Leroy is a boxer who got beaten up so badly that he now stumbles around, ‘punch drunk’ in perpetuity. And Pete is an old black man who is so weak that even Leroy can beat him up easily. This unlikely cast reside in Al’s gym, where strongmen and iron freaks buff their physiques daily. Everything changes when Marvin’s girlfriend Hester moves into the gym,". First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo.

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Bookseller: The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 031255
Title: The Gypsy's Curse: A Novel
Author: Crews, Harry
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0394491963
ISBN 13: 9780394491967
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1974
Keywords: Novel Disability Love Outcasts
Size: Octavo

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