An Endangered Happiness de Bennett, Penelope

HARDBACK "HARD TO FIND," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. UK* Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date of Publication: 1990* Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Maroon cloth, cream title to spine. Minor bumps to head of spine and to top corners, no rubs. VG+* Jacket condition: Colour illustrative dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £12.99. Some creases to inside front flap. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, seems un-read. VG++* Illustrations: None. * Pages: 162 pp. text. No index at rear.* Description: Penelope Bennett?s themes ? destruction, inarticulacy. Obsession and euphoria ? are echoed throughout these powerful and unusual stories about the passions and fears of men and women. The novella concerns the potential destruction of the central character, a charming and ebullient sculptor by a neighbour?s casual and unintentional cruelty. The collection contains a further seven short stories of equal quality and wit.* A NEAR FINE copy with only minor faults mostly to dust jacket reducing it to VG*