Fiskadoro, Denis Johnson, Chatto & Windus, Londin 1985, First UK edition, first printing, signed by Johnson on half-title page, very clean copy with cream-colored pages darkening at the edges, in like dust jack, clipped at lower right corner (see photo) but original price of £9.95 indicated on sticker.
Johnson’s dystopian novel about a group of people
struggling to understand their history and origins 60 years after a global
nuclear holocaust has destroyed all historical records. A 100-year-old woman, Grandmother
Wright, is the only survivor whose life spans both pre- and post-apocalyptic
periods. With a Christ-like adolescent boy, Fiskadoro, she attempts to discover
the key to understanding the nature of human existence. Her grandson, Mr.
Cheung, embarks on his own futile search for wisdom. Only Fiskadoro achieves an
epiphany that leads him to genuine enlightenment.