Claire Messud. First edition (stated). Dust Jacket: Near Fine. An unclipped jacket designed by Carol Devine Carson. Author photograph by Jan Staller. Hardcover: Near Fine. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. Grey and black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. No writing or markings in this beautiful, like new edition, 429 pp.
Messud's novel of three friends in their thirties making their way in New York City leading up to September 11th, 2001.
This is the authors fourth book. Her first book, When the World Was Steady, and her book of novellas, The Hunters, were finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award; her second novella, The Last Life, was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and an Editors Choice at The Village Voice. All three books were New York Times Notable Books of the Year. This current book was Longlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize.
