First illustrated edition. 94pp, illustrated with line drawings. In black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Slim 8vo. Cloth very slightly pushed at spine base else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original jacket, very slightly bumped on extreme edges.
Paul Bowles' first novel after a break of 25 years, the story concerns Anita, newly-divorced and world-weary, who has escaped her New York routine to join her brother in the African desert (not to be confused with a selection of Paul Bowles' writings, which was published under the same title).
