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ARNOLD, AUGUSTUS: : NEFARIO - A NOVEL

LONDON.ALLISON & BUSBY,1974.

ISBN 0850311330.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj, though there are a couple of vertical, diagonal creases,causing the laminate to wrinkle,to front inner flap of dw/dj and a small diagonal fold/crease to top edge/ corner of rear inner flap too.Crisp, bright,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - two tiny closed tears/nicks to both wraps' bottom edges towards foot of spine/backstrip and minimal partial, fading/sunning to spine/backstrip.Top edge lightly dust-soiled and lightly darkened but clean,fore-edge brighter and clean: contents bright,tight and clean also with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean,unblemished, publisher's black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine /backstrip and immaculate plain white eps. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-159pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,contents list,and 7 chapters. Nefario is an ultra-charming con man - irresistible lover,unbeatable gambler, daring art thief,wily drug-pusher, charismatic actor,and gourmet of everything from the blues to philosophy. In what he calls the Theatre of Life,he is above all an adventurer par excellence. Using a unique and baffling mixture of soft talk,cunning,mysterious allure and bluff,Nefario stylishly plays out a breathtaking succession of roles that take him from the underworld of black hustlers and card sharpers, to the cut-throat arena of international big crime,to the luxurious boudoirs of aristocrats. New York,San Francisco,Paris,Amsterdam, Rome,even Leningrad - Nefario's schemes and passions know no boundaries.Wherever there's a heavy poker game to be won or a beautiful woman to be seduced,look for Nefario: he'll be there,even if it means being in several places at the same time. . . . . The outrageous adventures of Augustus Arnold's captivating picaresque hero will add a welcome touch of black magic to every reader's life. Augustus Arnold is the pseudonym of a young (then 1974) Chicago-born black musician who has recorded and performed widely under another name.He counts among his literary influences Pushkin,Borges, and Alejo Carpentier (to whom the book he dedicates).Nefario is his debut novel. Augustus Arnold is the pseudonym of an American blues musician; in reality Julio Finn,harmonica player with the likes of Archie Shepp and Linton Kwesi Johnson,and brother of Chicago blues musician Billy Boy Arnold. Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.