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Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

A Fair former library copy in a Good dust wrapper of "Stanley Crouch's gloriously bold first novel provides an intimate and epic portrait of America that breaks all the rules in crossing the boundaries of race, sex, and class. Blonde Carla from South Dakota is a jazz singer who has been around the block. Almost suddenly, she finds herself fighting to hold on to Maxwell, a black tenor saxophonist from Texas. Their red-hot and sublimely tender five-year union is under siege." Dust wrapper is housed in a plastic cover which is taped to the black boards. Silver lettering very crisp on spine. Dust wrapper is not price clipped. Stated First Edition. Library pocket remains on rear flyleaf and barcode inside rear boards. Library stamp in black ink along top page edgings. Library spine label remains on dust wrapper inside cover. Slight wear to plastic wrapper. Dedication page has been torn out along the spine with a copy of the page lain in. Spotting and wear to page edgings on all sides. Contents:"Prelude; Part One: The You And Me That Ought To Be: Gee, Baby; Me and the Devil; Known Alone; Shopping for Nothing; The Gizzards Are Mine; All Night for a Pig; You, Too; Seeing Is Believing; Light Rain, Light Rain. Baby Falling Down; Amazing Grace; The Blues Three Different Ways; Sky View in Blue: Cross Time Catch-up; The Emperor of the Evening Time; Part Two: Back In The Apple: A Sponge, Not a Sieve; Polka Dots and Mysteries; My Kind of Town; The Last Dance; Back-Home Blues: Luck Be a Lady in Red; Johnny Too Bad; The Me and You That Used to Be; You Turned the Tables; Capital City Breakdown; They Call It Stormy Monday; Call Me; Interlude: Shout Chorus on the Way Out; The Painter of Modern Life""Summary: "Carla is a talented jazz singer nearing forty. Maxwell is a renowned tenor saxophonist, the man Carla deeply loves and wants to marry. But Maxwell, who is black, finds himself increasingly at odds with the notion of lifelong togetherness with a white woman, as he yields to group pressure. While they are visiting his parents (whom Carla hopes to win over in her struggle to keep Maxwell in her life), scenes from Carla's past play out against the present, and we begin to appreciate the astonishing arc of her life.""Description: xii, 546 pages ; 24 cm."

April 2000 hardcover 2nd printing with a warm (and long) inscription (which always means to a particular person) by the author on the ffep. A little denting on dj, white paint stains and a little sunning on cover, a few tiny corner folds and a bit of sunning, else fine. Oversize book extra shipping charges will apply for international and priority orders as this will not fit into a flat rate envelope.

xii. 546pp. Black spine with silver title and black paper over boards. Dust Jacket. This is Stanley Crouch's first novel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

8vo, cloth & boards, dust jacket, 546pp. First edition, first printing. Warmly inscribed by Crouch to jazz singer Anny Finnestad at the front endpaper. Additionally, an odd prose printout laid in: headed "Anny" and dated to February of 2000, the subject may well be the dedicatee of this copy, but its author and the nature/purpose of the short prose piece, these are unknown. A VG/VG+ copy: a clean and solid book with dust-soiling to the top edge and very light soiling to the head of the fore edge; a clean, bright and sound jacket with very minor dust-soiling.