The Group: A novel

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FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo. Black cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Head of spine bruised, bottom corners bumped, top edge dusty, short closed tear to bottom edge of pp. 317-8, else, clean, tight and bright. In Jack Larkin's original pictorial dust jacket: price clipped, edgewear, loss to head of spine that encroaches on the "P" of "The Group," a few nicks and chips. Very good/ good+ McCarthy's popular (it topped the New York Times bestseller list for almost two years) and scandalous novel (it was banned in Australia as an offence to public morals) centres around the lives of eight Vassar graduates in 1933. Despite its success and influence on later generations of female writers, towards the end of her life McCarthy told an interviewer that its fallout had ruined her life, with her own Vassar contemporaries shunning her and highbrow critics dismissing the novel. She also noted, however: "To be disesteemed by people you don't have much respect for is not the worst fate." (cited in Day, 2009) Elizabeth Day (2009) 'The Group by Mary McCarthy,' The Guardian. N° de ref. del artículo 2264

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