The Man Who Was Late
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1992. First Edition. Full Leather. As New / No Jacket as Issued. Item #5182
A handsome black leather First Edition SIGNED by the author, Louis Begley. The true first edition. With gold-gilt cover designs and page edges, and bound-in silk bookmark. In fine unread condition. Other works by Louis Begley include "Wartime Lies," "Obsession," and "About Schmidt." A lovely copy.
Louis Begley was a successful lawyer who turned to writing fiction later in life. Born in Poland in 1933, he survived the Holocaust and much of his fiction parallels his real life trauma and experiences. Compared to Balzac and Louis Auchincloss by critics, he was himself a classics reader and referred to literature as his "great love" in interviews.
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