New York: Dutton, 1949. lack cloth. Red top page edges lightly sunned, light yellowing and light foxing to other page edges; yellowing to endpapers; rubber stamped name to front pastedown (entirely hidded by jacket flap); small soft bruise to upper inner corner of rear cover; in all a VG tight and unworn copy, no owner names. The dust jacket has rubbing, nicks, and very small chips to tips of black spine, with light rubbing to spine folds, pink portions of spine sunned to white, as often with this colour; front panel has rubbing to flap fold, small rubbed edge nicks; else a VG example, flap price intact. The author's fourth novel a story of a son trying to break away from a domineering mother. His most autobiographical novel.