The Man Who Lost Everything

New York: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 1976. L2 - A first edition (no additional printing) hardcover book in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and chipping on the edges and corners, some scattered light smudges, scratches, and rubbing, light tanning and shelf wear. Book is lightly cocked, some bumped corners, wrinkling on the spine edges, some scattered light stains/smudges on the page edges, light discoloration shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 8.5"x5.75", 351 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Why would you do if on coming home one night you found your loving wife missing? And you did not dare reveal this fact to the police - or even to the mistress you love? To Harry Bensonny it seems like the beginning of every other weekend. But by the time it is over, he has become one more victim in the fear-ridden, crime-drenched city of the New York of the 1970's. a middle-class New Yorker, ordinary, secure, he finds himself driven to desperation by forces he never knew existed. A simple turn of events and this man, liberal in outlook, sedate in judgment, within three short days is revealed as a bully, a hypocrite, a coward, a political extremist - in short, as an intemperate and deceitful human being. We will all shake a little in our boots as we read of the fate of Harry Bensonny, because we know it could happen to any one of us. But please - do not reveal the ending!. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.