Wake In Fright

New York: St. Martin’s Press (1962). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 191 pp. Original octavo tomato cloth over charcoal paper-covered boards, stamped in black, gold, in original unclipped ($3.95) dust-jacket. Almost as-new. Some mild toning to spine, trivial handling and edge wear to jacket, small dimpled to spine. Book shows faint toning to page edges, spine ends curled and edges, tips lightly touched.

Dust Jacket: Near Fine

Hardcover: Fine

“Wake in Fright is a young writer's work: romantic, at times naive. It also suffers from some uncertainty of character and there are problems of balance. These are flaws, but they are outmuscled by the writer's strengths. The novel was adapted for the screen in 1971. The film was directed by Ted Kotcheff, from a script by Evan Jones, and featured Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence and Chips Rafferty in the lead roles.”