A Strange Affection

280pp. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine head. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has a couple of small closed tears, shelf wear, light chipping to edges, price unclipped. Dust jacket will be protected in an archival-quality Mylar wrapper which is not adhered to the jacket or book in any way post-photographing. 12mo. Translated by Michael Luke. Tells of a playwright whose plays never fail to run for months who finds ‘events’ are escaping his direction, exposing his profound ignorance of the real nature of human motives including his own.