New York / Toronto: Scribner's / Maxwell Macmillan Canada, 1992. Inscribed by Author; Octavo, cloth and boards. Lightly crimped at spine ends, else fine. Price-clipped (by the distributor) dust jacket is lightly creased at spine ends, else fine. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "____, my mouth is full of cappucino, ears full of gossip, a pen in hand...E. Annie". The inscribee was a Canadian author and impresario, and his ink name and date is on the front free endpaper. Advance review copy for Canada, with the Canadian publisher's dated review slip on the front free endpaper giving a Jan., 1992, publication date. This fine author's second book of fiction and first novel, deservedly the winner of a PEN / Faulkner Award.; Signed by Author 0684187183