LOVE DISHONOR MARRY DIE CHERISH PERISH: A NOVEL

New York City, NY: Doubleday, 2013. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: Doubleday, 2013. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 113 pages. The author's debut novel, published the same year he died. Together with "Fraud", David Rakoff's masterpiece. Review Copy. Review Material laid-in: (poignant) Letter from Doubleday Publisher. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are several. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover/flexi-board original only. The production is a labor of love by Doubleday, featuring an ingenious die-cut design by Chip Kidd and brilliant caricature-drawings by the artist known simply as Seth. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents David Rakoff's "Love Dishonor Marry Die Cherish Perish". His masterly novel-in-verse, a triumphant departure from his satirical essays, and his "closing-time" statement. Attempted as such by only one other contemporary poet/novelist, Vikram Seth ("The Golden Gate"). "A poignant, beautiful, witty, and wise novel in verse whose scope spans the twentieth century. Written with humor, sympathy, and tenderness, this intricately woven novel proves him to be the master of an altogether different art form. Leaps cities and decades as Rakoff sings the song of an America whose freedoms can be intoxicating, or brutal. The characters' lives are linked to each other by acts of generosity or cruelty" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for David Rakoff collectors. This is a Review Copy. The Review Material is laid-in. This title is a great book. This is the only Review Copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are in multiple subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DAVID RAKOFF TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 038553521X.