Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2007. Inscribed by Author; Black boards. Fine copy. Jacket has soft ripples to lower outer corner of front panel and to centre rear panel from damp, showing internally, nice otherwise. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to close friends, a noted Canadian literary couple "For ____, with love always [underlined] & friendship ever. oh the card table. XX Michael". A novel set in Northern California, Nevada, and the south of France. ; Signed by Author 0771068727