Michael Frayn — Sweet Dreams
London, Collins, 1973. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed copy of this fantasy novel set in a middle-class intellectual version of heaven, from Michael Frayn. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first printing. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.'Sweet Dreams' offers an ironic examination of the idea of heaven, following a 20th-century intellectual man who dies and sees for himself what heaven entails.The city that he finds offers rich opportunities and moral challenges, with him and his circle of middle-class friends given jobs such as designing the Alps and creating man. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is very smart, with slight edge wear and two closed tears to the front panel. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Author's signature inscribed to the title page. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.
