Moonrise
New York: Viking Press, 1946.
Illustrated by H Lawrence Hoffman dj art; Tesar endpapers. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Item #17035
Light fore-edge foxing, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 1"tear, edgewear with chipping and rub. Solid hardcover. ; Psychological thriller of young Southern man, son of a hanged murderer, who kills another in a savage fight. "This is merely the beginning of the tale; the real story is what happened afterwards to a lonely and frightened lad, discovering the solitary horror of going on killing a dead man over and over in his own mind, fearing suspicion and capture, but fearing still more his own self-discovery, wondering if he really was a killer, unable to confide in the girl who loved him and yet troubled by her strangeness when they were together." Book is Variant A binding, red cloth with yellow lettering; Dust Jacket is Variant B binding with large face on front cover. Allen J Hubin; Crime Fiction IV 1749-2000: A Comprehensive Bibliography; page 1456. ; 216 pages.
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