Kate Reed Petty — True Story

London, Riverrun , 2020. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing set of three of the four cover variants of this inventive genre-bending novel from American author Kate Reed Petty, signed by the author. Three volumes. Containing three of the four dust wrapper variant designs, lacking the dark house design. First UK edition, first impressions. Each volume is signed by the author to the limitation page. Limited to one hundred and fifty numbered copies of the first edition, of which these volumes are number one hundred and eight. After a college party, two boys drive a girl home: drunk and passed out in the back seat. Rumours spread about what they did to her, but later they'll tell the police different versions of the events. Alice will never remember what truly happened, though her fractures run deep, and Nick - a sensitive and misguided boy who stood by - will never forget. For the UK cover, Bethan Ferguson, Marketing Director for Quercus, Riverrun, and MacLehose Press, said that the imprint considered the four covers because of the nature of the text. With this extraordinary journey into memory, fear and self-portrayal, the dramatically different designs of the covers "weren"t intended to appeal to different readers, but more to be representative of the different ways that Kate tells the story." Written by Kate Reed Petty, an American author, short-story writer, and filmmaker. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.