PETER CONRAD — Underworld

London, Chatto & Windus. 1992, First Edition. Paper Covered Bds. Book, Top edge of dustwrapper is curled a little, lightly creased. Loosely inserted publisher's press release and review slip. Peter Conrad born in Tasmania in 1948. "Outside the city there is a valley, a desolate space where the earth has suddenly split open. It is peopled by society's rejects, who plot their revenge on the city which has disowned them. One night someone from the city drives into the valley, never to return; a few days later his head is discovered in the valley by a group of children playing football with it, and this is where Underworld begins.". Very Good/Very Good.