In a castle on a mountainside in Italy, half a dozen young lives are afloat on a sea of change, trapped inside the history of the 1970's sexual revolution. Amis offers a comedy of manners and a nightmare, with all the confused vigor of youth and the bittersweet, and sometimes simply bitter, wisdom of age and experience.
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In a castle on a mountainside in Italy, half a dozen young lives are afloat on a sea of change, trapped inside the history of the 1970's sexual revolution. Amis offers a comedy of manners and a nightmare, with all the confused vigor of youth and the bittersweet, and sometimes simply bitter, wisdom of age and experience.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by Multi Award Winning Author Martin Amis, in person. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 370 p. Audience: General/trade. A Fine copy, that is tight and has never been read, in a Near Fine dust jacket, which is intact and clean, with minor shelfware. North American First Edition-First Printing. Signed, signature only, on the Title page, by Acclaimed Author Martin Amis, in person, during his Author event in New York City on October 6, 2014. "The Pregnant Widow" is a novel with a feminist revolution theme, which the Author sees as incomplete and bewildering for women. The novel is set in a castle owned by a cheese tycoon in Campania, Italy. Goodreads describes this novel as-"An intoxicating comedy about youth, the 1970s, sexual revolution and its aftermath". Rest assured, this collectible copy is well protected in an archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.