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“THE BEST WORK I HAVE DONE? OVER 37 YEARS”: THE ANGEL ON THE ROOF, SIGNED BY BANKS

BANKS, Russell. The Angel on the Roof: The Stories of Russell Banks. (New York): HarperCollins, (2000). Octavo, original half black textured paper over black paper-covered boards, original dust jacket.

First edition of this collection, signed by the author on the title page.

“With the same kind of homing-pigeon intuition that keeps Philip Roth returning to North Jersey in the 1940s and ’50s, Banks always circles back to his own native ecosystem—the bare, wintry towns of central New England and upstate New York in the raw confusion of the present and the recent past. In The Angel on the Roof, a collection of 31 stories, 22 gleaned from four earlier collections of short fiction along with nine that are appearing between hard covers for the first time? Banks acknowledges that the world is a cold place and redeems it with the warmth of his affection” (New York Times).

A fine signed copy.