Howard Jacobson — Redback
London, Bantam Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A lovely, first edition of one of Howard Jacobson's early novels, a wonderful example of his witty prose. Signed by the author to the title page and in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Redback is a charming and devastatingly funny novel about Karl Leon Forelock, who grew up in a small English town.Written by Howard Jacobson, who later won the Man Booker Prize for his novel The Finkler Question. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely, with just a small bump to the head of the spine. Original unclipped dust wrapper is excellent and bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age-toned to the extremities, though they are otherwise clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Fine.
