After Gregory

Dallas, Texas:: Baskerville Publishers, Inc., 1994. Bright, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (20.00). NO chips. NO tears. NO owner's name or bookplate. The author's fifth novel. Bound in the original blue boards, lettered in shiny silver on the spine. Jacket praise from Frederick Busch: "I read Austin Wright's AFTER GREGORY as if at a perfect meal. It is so satisfying. He tells the whole truth about the relationship of words and living under their spell. He sheds warm light in this very brilliant detective story that breaks every rule of the genre. A wonderful read, a thrilling adventure, an evening in great company." From the Dust Jacket's front flap: "Gregory, dripping wet, has survived a plunge into a river which he had thought would be the last desperate act of his life. He has left his family. He may have killed his neighbor with a hammer. As Gregory he has no reason to go on, but his new future as nobody is surprisingly painless. Eluding capture by messengers from the past, ignoring the messages guilt keeps flashing, he becomes a resource for those who are creating America anew, a touchstone for petty criminals and high financiers alike. He is hugely rewarded. In an America where the past is more often replaced than built upon, he has nearly everything. But he is still putting one foot in front of the other, trying to solve the mystery of who he is -- trying, by force of his exasperated human need to know, to take the crucial step from having an identity to being someone." Haunting jacket painting in full color by Helen Williams.. First Printing of the First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Near Fine dust jacket.. Illus. by Williams, Helen (dust jacket art).. 8vo. (x), 292pp..