Impossibly, The – Laird Hunt
NF/NF

For sale is a Near Fine first edition, first printing of The Impossibly by Laird Hunt, complete with a Near Fine dust jacket wrapped in a new archival wrap. First Touchstone Edition stated, 2001 Coffee House Press. First printing with a 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 ink on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly bumped corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other 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.

With the literary coyness of Paul Auster and the dark absurdity of Kafka, Hunt’s debut is a daring, memory-driven narrative that is as fittingly spare as a bare ceiling light—and just as pendulous. On the surface, the narrator is a simple man, fixing his washer and dryer, strolling through city parks, falling in love at an office supply store. But in The Impossibly, the mundane gives way to outrageous misconduct, and with each unexpected visitor or cryptic note, the tension reaches tantalizing heights. As the narrator frugally doles out clues about his dangerous work in an unnamed European city, the reader inevitably becomes confidante and fellow gumshoe. The narrator’s final assignment—to identify his own assassin—dismantles the reader’s own analysis of the evidence.

The author’s very rare, debut novel.  Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.