Author: Franzen, Jonathan
Title: The Twenty-Seventh City
Description: New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1988). (1988). New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1988). (1988). Very good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. The head & tail of the spine are lightly rubbed. The rear panel & spine of the dust jacket are rubbed & there is a small chip to the top corner of the rear panel. Half- title, title, [2] leaves & 517 pages. Illustrated with a double-page black- and-white map. The top edge of the book is foxed. Very good.

First edition of the author's first book.

The novel is set in St. Louis, Missouri, once the nation's fourth largest city, but the twenty-seventh largest by the 1980s. Very good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; AMERICAN AUTHOR; JONATHAN FRANZEN; AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK; THE TWENTY-SEVENTH CITY; ST. LOUIS, MO; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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