Jack in the Box : A Novel (SIGNED)

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Author signed the title-page. Jacket toned, some possible light foxing along the rear flap hinge, minor shelf rubbing, very little wear overall. Text is clean. Jacket in Brodart for preservation. 'The book that asks the question: Can a young man from a small mining town in the East find happiness as a human being? Enter Jack Twiller, also known as the Masked Man, Tailspin Tommy, Secret Agent X-9, and a host of other comic book identities gathered from those forces that shaped American youth in the 1940s. His mind thus twisted from the start, young Twiller sets off down life's highway, wearing a Zombie Skull Ring with eyes that glow in the dark. . . Repressed, molded by trash, he begins to believe he is Lord Henry Brinthorpe of Black Swan Hall, England's richest, most handsome lord. In this fashion he enters the Fabulous Fifties, clad in peg pants and a pink tie, with pimple cream on his nose - a typical American youth, completely warped.' 273 pages..