Description
Near Fine dust jacket, minor toning to upper edge. A mylar dust jacket has been added. The Near Fine conditon binding is purple cloth over boards, silver lettering on spine. The “1” is present on the number line on copyright page which is the designation of first edition. Black mark on on bottom edge. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The book measures 8.7″ tall x 5.8″ wide.
About the book (from the dust jacket)
Following on the enormous success and critical acclaim of Graham Greene’s last novel. The Human Factor comes Doctor Fischer of Geneva, a black entertainment which is also a profound study in human greed. At the center of this remarkable tour de force is the enigmatic Dr. Fischer millionaire. student of human nature. practical joker and party-giver. His parties are famous–or perhaps notorious for they are part of his experiment to see just how far even (or especially the very, very rich will go to satisfy their greed, a Grand Guignol entertainment observed by Dr. Fischer`s son-in-law, who discovers at the last moment that Dr. Fischer’s guests risk not only humiliation at his hands, but death. Seldom have Graham Greene’s inventive brilliance, his comic genius (so richly displayed in Travels with My Aunt) and his gift for exploring the deeper recesses of human nature been blended more artfully than in this masterly, chilling and disturbing book.
