Lindsay Clarke — Sunday Whiteman

London, Jonathan Cape , 1987. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful, first edition copy of Lindsay Clarke's first novel, 'Sunday Whiteman&apos. Clarke was an award winning author, winning the Whitbread Prize in 1989 for his second novel 'The Chymical Wedding&apos. With the original unclipped dustwrapper. This novel follows the protagonist Austin Palmer who has long dreamed of Africa. He moves to a town named Ogun-Adoubia where he experiences a power older than any government, and finds himself confronted by his own inward darkness. In this novel, Clarke explores the layers of the human psyche, realms of fear which lie between men and women, light and darkness and control and abandon. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With the publisher's unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Dustwrapper is also in an excellent condition with little to no shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to the edges due to paper used. Pages are clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.