MISHIMA, Yukio. After The Banquet. London: Secker and Warburg. 1963.
8vo. Original cloth and wrapper; pp. 271; slight sunning to spine of wrapper with chip at head, near fine.
First UK edition Yukio Mishima's 1960 novel, about the relationship between a geisha and a semi-retired politician. In real life the book was at the centre of the landmark privacy ruling that became known as the After the Banquet Case , with Japanese politician Hachiro Arita successfully suing the author for violating his privacy, so real did he find the novel's detail. Translated by Donald Keene.
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