Great Believers, The – Rebecca Makkai
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For sale is a rare and exceptional first edition, first printing of The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai, protected in a new archival wrap. First Edition unstated, 2018 Viking. First printing with full number line reversed, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.

The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine,  clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and two lightly bumped corners. The interior of the book is in Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.

The dust jacket is also in Near Fine condition, with the price on the front flap and mild surface and edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.

A dazzling novel of friendship and redemption in the face of tragedy and loss set in 1980s Chicago and contemporary Paris In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico’s funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico’s little sister.

Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. While staying with an old friend, a famous photographer who documented the Chicago crisis, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her relationship with her daughter. The two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of disaster.

Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.