Sebastian Faulks — Human Traces

London, Hutchinson, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this novel from British novelist and journalist Sebastian Faulks. First edition, first impression. Jacques Rebiere and Thomas Midwinter are both sixteen as this story begins. With lives in different countries, from contrasting families, they are somehow united by an ambition to understand how the mind works and whether madness is the price we pay for being human. These friends set up a pioneering asylum in nineteenth century Austria, in tandem with the evolution of psychiatry and the start of the First World War. Written by Sebastian Charles Faulks, a British novelist, journalist and broadcaster, best known for his historical novels set in France. In the original black 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.