Quake
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1972. First Edition. Bound in original quarter black cloth over grey boards with vibrant metallic red spine lettering. Dust jacket unclipped, with light surface scuffing to the dark panels and minor rubbing at the spine ends. Internal text block crisp, immaculate, and tightly bound. A beautiful first edition copy of Rudolph Wurlitzer's third novel, a hallucinatory and harrowing journey through a collapsed Los Angeles. Following a devastating earthquake, the narrative traces an nameless traveler navigating a chaotic, dystopian wasteland of motels, apocalyptic cults, and uninhibited human breakdown. Wurlitzer’s sparse, cinematic prose transforms a classic disaster trope into a biting, countercultural critique of American sanity and social fragility. Very Good. Item #765
Price: $80.00