first edition Hardcover
1972 · Chicago
by Bentley, Robert
Chicago: Ontario Press, 1972. Hardcover. 256p., very good first edition in white boards and slightly rubbed, unclipped dust jacket with small price tag on front. Literate espionage thriller set in Hawaii with a gay cast of characters. Short story author from LA, his only novel. Young 258* Gunn pages 125-126. From p.4: "We would like you to do a job for us," he began. "A sensitive job which requires a homosexual. Is it all right if I call you a homosexual? I mean, is there another term you prefer? (Inventory #: 13921)