The Walnut Door

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1977. Second Printing Sept. 1977. John Hersey, a Pulitzer Prize winner, has created a taut, dazzling novel of suspense and revelation - in which we watch mesmerized, the fateful convergence of two lives. A young woman comes alone to a strange city, anxiously waiting for something new and important to begin and a man - breezy, ponytailed, beautiful - stranded by the passing of the sixties whose excitements had nurtured and consumed him, now lavishes his whole self on loving craftmanship, on the construction of simple, perfect doors, on the mystery of locks, and on the artful offering of security (his locks and doors) to women who are alone.... The meeting of the two, and their love affair - its choreography master minded by one, unsuspected by the other - are hypnotically told in a novel that illuminates the fearful and fear-makers in our decade. Beige linen cloth boards - gilt title to spine. Turquoise top edge. An extremely bright book in a price-clipped illustrated dust jacket. The jacket illustratiopn is reproduced from the painting 'Rooms b the Sea' by Edward Hopper. A very nice copy!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.