Inscribed Referencing the Film
Car
Publication: London: Secker & Warburg, 1973. First British edition.
Notes: British edition of this novel. "Car is about a man who, in public and before national TV cameras, will eat a car, eat it, in his own words, 'from bumper to bumper.' He loves the car. And Car is about the love of cars"—from the front flap of the American edition.
152 pages.
Edition + Condition: First British edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with wear at the spine ends and moderate surface scuffing. A label from Cinnamon Productions, a film company in New York City, is affixed to the top of the front pastedown. Below this Crews inscribed the book to his friend and fan, Tom Garner of Texas, "Tomas: Que tal amigo, mio? The director Bruce Dickson has the book now. We'll see—later bro. Harry Crews." IMDB shows a film based on this novel as "in development."
Item No: #364488
Price: $300