Description
DIDION, Joan. A Book of Common Prayer. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977.
First Edition. First Printing. 8vo. 22 cm tall. 272 pages. ISBN: 0-671-22491-3. Publisher’s quarter black cloth over gray paper-covered boards. Copyright page shows number line to 1. Dust jacket priced $8.95 on front flap (unclipped). Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. No previous owner markings or bookplates. Slight fading to boards and spine ends. Slight spine lean. Small closed tear to dust jacket front cover. Moderate creasing to dust jacket front flap.
- Joan Didion’s third novel, often cited as her most ambitious work of fiction.
- Didion’s first work of fiction to engage the Latin American political concerns that later became a defining strand of her nonfiction.
