Faber, Michel — The Crimson Petal and the White

New York, Harcourt, 2002. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The Crimson Petal and the White is my favorite novel. Stated First U.S. Edition, First Printing, with "A" in the "number" line present. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, little worn and without blemish. Born in Holland, raised in Australia, and now living in the Scottish Highlands, author also of several critically acclaimed novels including Under the Skin and The Book of Many Strange Things, this being his breakthrough work and that was adapted into a four-part BBC turn, starring Gillian Anderson, Chris O'Dowd and the incomparable Romola Garai as "Sugar," a girl prostituted by her own mother in the latter's brothel and who then goes freelance. Much mayhem ensues. "Sugar" is also writing an epic novel about the seeming fact that all men are shits. It is a work of utter brilliance. 838 pp. including extensive notes and acknowledgments.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,