Description
First edition of The Fear by Thomas Keneally.
Octavo, 229pp. Navy blue cloth, title in white on spine. Stated “First published 1965” on copyright page. Solid text block, scuff to front cover, trace of wear to corners, a clean, near fine example. In the publisher’s near fine dust jacket, faint toning to verso, and vibrant imagery, even on spine.
Thomas Keneally (b. 1935) is best known for his novel Schindler’s Ark, which was famously adapted into Schindler’s List by Stephen Spielberg in 1993. The Fear was Keneally’s second novel, published 17 years before Schindler’s Ark.