Near fine condition.Robert Hale,1992.First edition-first printing.The book is Signed by the Author on the title page.Black hardback(black lettering to the spine,small nick and light shelf wear on the edges of the cover) with Dj(small crease and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover)both in near fine condition.Nice and clean pages with light shelf wear on the outer edges,small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear.Price un-clipped.187pp.A collectable signed first edition. This is another paragraph Synopsis: This is a novel about conflict - the conflict between a father and his son. Written with insight and compassion, it describes a man of integrity and intelligence, yet an inability to come to terms with the nature of the child on whom he had pinned so many hopes.