Jacob's Hands by Huxley, Aldous; Isherwood, Christopher - 1998

New York: St Martins Press. New in New dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. This previously unpublished tale by Aldous Huxley and Christopher Isherwood, two of the greatest storytellers of the 20th century, uses tight, vivid and seamlessly crafted prose to show the dangers that a magical gift will undoubtedly bring to even the sincerest of characters. In this story, Jacob Ericson is a shy, enigmatic and somewhat inept ranch hand who works for crochety Professor Carter and his crippled daughter, Sharon, on a ranch in the 1920s. One day he finds that his hands possess the mysterious gift of healing, a gift he uses to cure animals. Sharon then persuades him to heal her. From there his powers become slowly more exploited until he is recruited to heal an ailing young millionaire. It is then that he finds the love and security for which he has worked so hard begins to collapse. A wonderful fable. ; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall .