The New Confessions [Signed By The Author] Hardcover - 1988

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1988 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 476 (1) pp. First Printing, 1988. Inscribed on the Title Page by William Boyd. "The New Confessions (1987) is a novel of the Scottish writer William Boyd. The theme and narrative structure of the novel is modelled on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Les Confessions, the reading of which has a huge impact on the protagonist's life. The book follows the life of John James Todd from his birth in Edinburgh up to his final exile on a Mediterranean island. Todd fights in the First World War and also films it as a cameraman, he then works for a film studio and ends up in Berlin where he starts his filming of The Confessions. After the financial collapse of his backer, he move to Hollywood along with many German exiles. He becomes a war correspondent during the Second World War and then returns to America where he becomes caught up in the anti-communist witch hunts." Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black half-cloth with cream paper-covered boards, and gilt lettering to spine..