Idle hands: A novel by O'Rourke, William

New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, 1981. First edition. Stated: First Edition. Very good in good dust jacket. Dust jacket showing slight shelf wear, slight chipping. 435 p. Audience: General/trade.

New York. 1981. February 1981. Delacorte Press. 1st Printing. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0440040647. 435 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by James L. McGuire. keywords: Literature America . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Passionate, analytical, witty, and erotic, IDLE HANDS reveals the other side of the often told story: What do contemporary young men feel? How are they affected by relationships with today's women? No contemporary novel has depicted women with the same compassion and lust, bafflement and empathy, deference and satirical bite, and at the same time exposed so completely the carnal and intellectual life of a modern young man. Covering the turbulent period between the assassination of JFK and the Bicentennial summer, this richly descriptive novel presents us with the premature sexual memoirs of Andrew S. Orr, ‘last season's most promising young playwright.' Through his eyes we are exposed to a succession of remarkable women - from the crushes of his adolescence,… Read More

Delacorte Press, 1981. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.