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New York: Harcourt, Brace & World. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear, DJ shows heavier wear with short tears, chipping and scuffing. Price-clipped. Missing blank page at front which prcedes half title.; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Stated first edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages; "Following in the tradition of Auntie Mame, bestselling author Patrick Dennis turns his wicked satirical pen on the insane world of fictional film director Leander Starr. Fleeing the IRS, creditors, and jilted lovers, Starr holes up in a Mexico City apartmentâCasa Ximenezâwith his faithful valet, Alistair St. Regis. Soon others descend on the villaâStarr's ex-wife, his estranged socialite daughter, a shady Mexican film producer, a tax collector who has chased Starr around the world, and a dim young widow sitting on a fortune in laxative stock. Starr concocts a…
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