Stoner

INSCRIBED ("For Brian, with friendship and much regard. John Williams"). An exceptionally nice copy of the first edition. Slight nudging to the spine ends, else fine in a near fine dust jacket. The unclipped dust jacket exhibits a couple of tiny nicks along the edge and the usual, but slight, fading to the spine. Tim Kreider, The New Yorker: "Stoner is undeniably a great book." Bret Easton Ellis: "One of the great unheralded 20th century American novels...Almost perfect." This is the story of William Stoner, a professor of English at the University of Missouri, who fails in his marriage and career ambitions, but accepts obscurity and loneliness out of devotion to teaching and love of literature. Largely overlooked upon initial publication, it has now achieved cult-like status.