Malcolm Bradbury
Doctor Criminale.
Viking, 1992. First printing of first US edition. 0670846775 344 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.5", is bound in quarter brown clothand light brown paper-covered boards, with stamped red lettering to spine. Book displays very light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright. Dust jacket, preserved in mylar cover, is in fine condition.
"In Bradbury's virtuoso novel of intellectual pursuit, narrator and subject are at opposite poles of the universe of letters. When the naive and provincial Francis Jay is asked to research a TV arts documentary on the mysterious Doctor Bazlo Criminale, he steps into a world beyond his comprehension."