A BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of Didion's cool and tragic third novel, the story of a woman searching for her fugitive daughter in a fictionalized Central American country. "Joan Didion's art has always been one of understatement and indirection, of emotion withheld. Like her narrator, she has been an articulate witness to the most stubborn and intractable truths of our time, a memorable voice, partly eulogistic, partly despairing; always in control." (Joyce Carol Oates). 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original quarter black cloth with black boards. Orange endpapers. In original unclipped ($8.95) black and yellow dust jacket designed by Janet Halverson. 272 pages. Book with trace edgewear, slight bowing to rear board. Faint sunning to jacket spine. (Inventory #: 53181)