The Favorite Game. A Novel.
New York: Viking Press, 1963. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Very Good copy with topstain bleeding to the top edges of the first few pages in a Very Good, price clipped dust jacket with sunning to the spine. This is Cohen's first novel in which he lyrically etches the youth and early manhood of Lawrence Breavman, who sees life as a series of motion pictures fed through a high-speed projector. After achieving literary fame as a college student, Breavman does penance through manual labour and the love of many women. it is only when he meets a woman, whom he awakens to her own beauty, that he discovers the totality of love and its demands, and comes to terms with the sacrifices he must make. Item #28158
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