Neil Jordan — The Past
London, Jonathan Cape, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Neil Jordan's first novel with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. When actress, Una, and her new husband, Michael, return to Dublin after a prolonged honeymoon with a baby daughter, people assume the child is not Michael's, rather than realising the simple truth that the child was conceived out of wedlock. Written by Neil Patrick Jordan, an Irish film director, screenwriter, novelist and short-story writer. He has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Lion and a Silver Bear, as well as being honoured with the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1996. In the original grey cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.
