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The virgin suicides / Jeffrey Eugenides.

Accession number
PML 184952
Creator
Eugenides, Jeffrey.
Published
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c1993.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
Library's copy housed in black clamshell box.
Description
249 p. ; 21 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's inscription in ink on preliminary page: Dear Carter, At sixteen I decided to become a writer. Sixteen years later, I finished this. At night, on weekends, at work when the boss was out, over twelve seasons changing beyond the window (to which my back was turned), this book, my virgin, broke into life. All best, J K Eugenides.
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Binding
Orange boards backed in white cloth, with dustjacket designed by Michael Kaye and Cynthia Krupat, jacket photo by Tanya Krupat on front panel, author's photo by Sigrid Estrada on back panel.
Classification
Department