MIDNIGHT COWBOY-1st Printing Dell 1969 Movie Tie-In Mass Market Paperback-SUPERB

Description: Hi! You're looking at a SUPERB condition book which is a classic novel which was the basis for the Academy award-winning 1969 film "Midnight Cowboy" starring DUSTIN HOFFMAN and JON VOIGHT and directed by JOHN SCHLESINGER which was written by author JAMES LEO HERLIHY--the book is a STATED FIRST PRINTING February 1969 Dell Books Movie Tie-In Edition and a mass market paperback copy. This book is in SUPERB condition and has a very light crease on the left spine edge of the front cover, a slight thumb crease on the center right of the front cover, a very slight and tiny crease on the upper right tip of the front cover, a light ding on the center spine end, a few slight creases on the spine end, a VERY slight forward list of the spine end, a tiny ding on the lower page edge at the front left edge and just a few slight scuffs and slight shelfwear but NO other significant imperfections! The book is titled Midnight Cowboy and it was written by JAMES LEO HERLIHY; it was published by Dell Books in February 1969 and is a STATED 1st PRINTING copy.Midnight Cowboy is considered by many to be one of the best American novels published since World War II. The main story centers around Joe Buck, a naive but eager and ambitious young Texan, who decides to leave his dead-end job in search of a grand and glamorous life he believes he will find in New York City. But the city turns out to be a much more difficult place to negotiate than Joe could ever have imagined. He soon finds himself and his dreams compromised. Buck’s fall from innocence and his relationship with the crippled street hustler Ratso Rizzo form the novel’s emotional nucleus. This unlikely pairing of Ratso and Joe Buck is perhaps one of the most complex portraits of friendship in contemporary literature. The focus on male friendship follows a strong path cut by Twain’s Huck and Jim, Melville’s Ishmael and Queequeg, Fitzgerald’s Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby, and Kerouac’s Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty. Midnight Cowboy takes a well-deserved place among a group of distinguished American novels that write—often with unnerving candor—about those who live on the fringe of society.A fantastic find, and a beautiful copy of this book!Thanks for looking, and good luck if you're bidding! Also be sure to check out all of my other great books currently listed on ebay auctions--I can combine shipping for multiple purchases!

Price: 23.99 USD

Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania

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