RECHY, JOHN (JOHN FRANCISCO RECHY) — Rushes

New York, NY: Grove Press, 1979. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394508610. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Once again John Rechy takes us to an unexplored part of our world. Rushes is his first work of fiction in a number of years and his latest book since the controversial bestseller The Sexual Outlaw." "Rechy's first published work, the largely autobiographical novel City of Night, debuted in October 1963. Despite the predominantly negative reviews the book received at the time of its publication, City of Night became an international bestseller. It is now widely recognized as a "modern classic". In addition to the dozen novels he has written to date, Rechy has contributed numerous essays and literary reviews to various publications including The Nation, the The New York Review of Books, the Los Angeles Times, L. A. Weekly, The Village Voice, The New York Times, Evergreen Review and Saturday Review. Many of these writings were anthologized in his 2004 publication Beneath the Skin. He has written three plays, Tigers Wild (first performed as The Fourth Angel and based on Rechy's novel of that title) , Rushes (based on his novel of the same title) , and Momma As She Became—Not As She Was, a one-act play." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .