First Thus, 2nd Printing. 394pp. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Lightly bumped spine heel. Top text block edge dusty. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Paper dust jacket sun faded has shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped. Novel translated from the German by J Maxwell Brownjohn themed on the dichotomy between guilt and revenge.