Leaving Small's Hotel.

New York, NY Picador USA, 1998. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ: Both book and DJ show indications of very careful use. Book shows just a touch of wear to the extremtiies; the binding shows the slightest lean, while remaining perfectly secure; text clean. DJ shows only a touch of wear at the upper corner tips: mild rubbing; a bit of crinkliness at the bottom edge of the rear inside flap; price unclipped. Overall, remains a structurally sound, tightly bound volume with minimal wear and a clean text in a mildly flawed DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 346pp. Hardback with DJ. Peter Leroy writes his life story in an attic study as his wife Albertine renovates a quiet hotel on an island in Bolotomy Bay. When Small's Hotel starts to fail, Peter questions the value of literature in our time as well. Hotel guests want to ride jet skies, and editors want more sex and violence in the adventure books Peter writes for boys. Thus, "leaving Small's Hotel" is Eric Kraft's profound exploration of the viability of the imagination in a world that's lost all sense of proportion. That's our world, of course, and we need to learn from this intelligent, compassionate, funny book.