first edition
1971 · London
by Arenas, Reinaldo
London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. First British Edition. Fine/Very Good. First British edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 287 pp. Gray cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in Very Good dust jacket with crease down spine panel, a little toned, small tear near head. Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas' second novel, a reimagining of the life of an imprisoned dissident priest. Arenas' life and escape from Cuba would be profiled in his book and the subsequent indie film based on it, Before Night Falls.
(Inventory #: 140938684)