Robert Coover - The Origins of the Brunists: A Novel

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the debut novel from American novelist Robert Coover. First edition. The author's debut novel. Following the sole survivor of a mine disaster that killed ninety-seven of his colleagues, named Giovanni Bruno, and the apocalyptic cult that subsequently forms around him. The story is closely based on the 1951 coal mine explosion in West Frankfort, Illinois. Written by Robert Lowell Coover, an American novelist, short story writer, and Professor Emeritus in Literary Arts at Brown University. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, very smart with a small mark to the front board. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear to the extremities and a small closed tear to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot to the fore edge and the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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