Home at the End of the World, A – Michael Cunningham
NF Paperback

For sale: a Rare first Paperback edition, early printing of A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham. First Edition unstated, 1990 Picador. Fourth Printing with partial number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4.

The exterior of this trade paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, illustrated covers with no creases, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on a concave spine, a tight binding with one spine crack, strong spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.

A Home at the End of the World masterfully depicts the charged, fragile relationships of urban life today.  There’s Jonathan, lonely, introspective, and unsure of himself; and Bobby, hip, dark, and inarticulate. In New York after college, Bobby moves in with Jonathan and his roommate, Clare, a veteran of the city’s erotic wars. Bobby and Clare fall in love, scuttling the plans of Jonathan, who is gay, to father Clare’s child. Then, when Clare and Bobby have a baby, the three move to a small house upstate to raise “their” child together and, with an odd friend, Alice, create a new kind of family.

Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.