JOHNSON, Denis. Resuscitation of a Hanged Man. London: Faber & Faber. 1991. 8vo. Publisher’s black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket designed by Dirk van Dooren. First British edition, first printing. An about fine copy, the cloth clean and bright, the binding tight and square, the contents clean throughout though slightly and evenly toned from paper quality of this period. The dust jacket unclipped and fine but for a few minor bumps to extremities.
The author’s part-detective fourth novel, set in Provincetown, MA and following a man recovering from a suicide attempt, whose lust for love and struggle with religion leads his descent into madness and dementia.
JOHNSON, Denis. Resuscitation of a Hanged Man. London: Faber & Faber. 1991. 8vo. Publisher’s black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket designed by Dirk van Dooren. First British edition, first printing. An about fine copy, the cloth clean and bright, the binding tight and square, the contents clean throughout though slightly and evenly toned from paper quality of this period. The dust jacket unclipped and fine but for a few minor bumps to extremities.
The author’s part-detective fourth novel, set in Provincetown, MA and following a man recovering from a suicide attempt, whose lust for love and struggle with religion leads his descent into madness and dementia.
