This is a first edition in good condition.  It was published by Jonathan Cape in 2005.

'Surburban Seattle, the mid-1970's.  We learn from the out-set that a strange plague has descended upon the area's teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact.  The disease is manifested in any number of ways - from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) - but once you've got it, that's it.  There's no turning back.  As we inhabit the heads of several key characters - some kids who have it, some who don't, some who are about to get it - what unfolds isn't the expected battle to fight the plague, or bring heightened awareness to it, or even to treat is.  What we become witness to instead is a fascinating and eerie portrait of the nature of high school alienation itself - the savagery, the cruelty, the relentless anxiety and ennui, the longing for escape.  And then the murders start.'

This is a 1st Edition / 2nd Printing (The number string is: 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3).

Condition:

Book - Very Good - rubbing/bumping/wear to the corners and edges, a spine lean, slight marking to the page edges and a slight wave to the page block.

Dust Jacket - Good - rubbing/bumping/wear to the corners and edges, a few v.small nicks and some marking, scratches, fading, discolouration and creasing.

The DJ is not price clipped.

The DJ is in a protective plastic sleeve (non-adhesive).

 

 

 

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