Book #22827

The Man Who Was Late - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Louis Begley

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
ISBN: 0679415114

Price: $45.00 save 20% $36.00

A Fine first printing of the first edition in alike dust-jacket, signed by author Louis Begley on half-title page.

Ben, a Holocaust survivor, left the wreckage of Europe and recreated himself as a brilliant financier. He rejects the comforts of love and is shocked to discover Veronique, beautiful, unwisely married, and all that Ben suddenly knows he has always needed. In their stolen hours and weekends, their deep commitment to one another fills their lives as nothing ever has.

This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; 243 pages; Signed by Author.

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