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JONES, JAMES. THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY. New York: Delacort Press, 1970. First edition Hardcover Very Good Plus in Very Good dj The novel uses the student revolution in Paris in 1968 as a backdrop for Jones's characters. A novel of the sixties culture; the rebelling students; the literati; swingers and liberals. The characters are a band of American Expatriates; narrator is Jonathan James Hartley, failed novelist and poet, friend of Harry Gallagher, ''star,'' screenwriter, sexual initiate, savant, gourmet, avant-garde liberal of the forites. ''Who stops revolutions half-way? The Bourgeoisie.'' Victor Hugo, Les Miserables.
Black cloth boards and spine. DJ not price clipped, black illustrated, green and yellow lettering. Few chips to upper spine end, all else vg. Clean text, solidly bound. tall 8 vo, 361 pages. FIrst edition. Price: 17.50 USD
