AMIS, Martin. Success. London: Jonathan Cape. 1978.
8vo. Publisher’s black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket designed by Bill Botten with the printed price of £3.95 to front flap, top edge yellow; pp. 224; slight toning and spotting along top edge of jacket (only visible to reverse and flaps), only minor sunning to spine, otherwise the jacket remains very crisp and bright, spotting to top edge of textblock; internally crisp and clean; near fine.
First edition, first impression.
Terence Service is ‘timid, balding and meaningfully short’ (blurb), and most significantly, sexually unsuccessful. On the other hand, his flatmate Gregory views success as something that comes in abundance. Terence feels reassured, however, by the presence of his foster-sister who moves in after a suicide attempt.
A particularly nice example of Amis’ third novel, in a bright, crisp jacket.
SKU: 2125006