Rattlebone - 1st Edition/1st Printing

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0374247161 . A most attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; Maxine Clair's new novel, Rattlebone, is a dark and haunting story about a family struggling to maintain their sanity in a world that's quickly unraveling.The novel follows the family of Rattlebone, as they attempt to deal with the increasing madness and violence around them. The family is made up of the parents, their two kids, and their grandmother, who is the only one remaining in the family who can remember the days before the madness.The family is slowly breaking down, as the parents start to lose their grip on reality and the kids begin to exhibit signs of the same madness that's claiming their parents. As the family begins to fall apart, they must fight to keep their sanity and hope against all odds that things will eventually return to normal.Maxine Clair's novel Rattlebone is an intense and dark story that will leave readers questioning the world they know and the sanity of those around them.; 8vo; [x], 213, [1] pages; FSA .