A Singular Man - J. P. Donleavy

What will happen to George Smith? Mysteriously rich and desperately lonely, George appears to be under attack from all quarters: his former wife and four horrible children are suing to get his money; his dipsomaniacal housekeeper is trying to arouse his carnal interest; his secretary, the beautiful, blond Miss Thomson, will barely give him the time of day. Making matters even worse are the threatening letters: Dear Sir: Only for the moment are we saying nothing. Yours, etc., Present Associates.

Despite such precautions as a two-inch-thick surgical steel door and a bullet-proof limousine, Smith remains worried. So he undertakes to build a giant mausoleum, complete with plumbing, in which to live. Hunter S. Thompson called reading this book “like sitting down to an evening of good whisky and mad laughter in a rare conversation somewhere on the edge of reality.”

Series: n/a

Hardcover: 402 Pages

Printing: 1st

Publisher: Atlantic - Little, Brown (1963)

Language: English

Condition: Near Fine (See Condition Notes)

Condition Notes: 1st edition, 1st print hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Beige boards. Text and pages clean and unmarked. Has light age, shelf and handling wear. Dust jacket protected by an archival adjustable jacket cover. A solid copy.