Description: • For your consideration: • A (Scarce) TRADE PAPERBACK edition of: • “ANCIENT LIGHTS” (Zebra Books, 1987) (First Edition Thus, Trade Paperback) • BY DAVIS GRUBB, author of THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1953) • “Exhilarating, hilarious, amazing…an authentic tour de force.” —STEPHEN KING • “ANCIENT LIGHTS, DAVIS GRUBB’s posthumous novel, is a futuristic witch’s brew: part exotic fairy story, part science fiction and part religious tract conjured up in the darkest satiric colors imaginable. It is set in 1992. Nuclear threats are so commonplace they are scarcely more worrisome than the possibility of a gas-main explosion. The political structure has failed entirely, and in its place is something called TRUCAD, a faceless amalgam of international business combines that has bought out the Mafia…. Personal privacy has been eliminated now that TRUCAD has learned how to wiretap directly into the soul… Even at its most impenetrable, ANCIENT LIGHTS gives off a fine shower of sparks as the author lays waste to his favorite targets, from BILLY GRAHAM making obscene phone calls to GOD, to a fast-food chain that sells four-day-old hamburgers as ‘oldies but goodies.’ There were few elements in modern society that did not distress MR. GRUBB, and sooner or later most of them get nailed.” —PETER ANDREWS, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • “DAVIS GRUBB has written a perfectly mad novel…. It is a strange, at times wonderful, production—the story of a female GULLEY JIMSON told by a modern GEORGE MacDONALD.”—NELSON HILTON, BLAKE: AN ILLUSTRATED QUARTERLY (1983) • “A totally untidy, flakily redemptive book that's a likely contender for Manhattan-based cult popularity.”—KIRKUS REVIEWS • “GRUBB’s final novel, ANCIENT LIGHTS (1982), a prescient science fiction romp in which the world is ruled by corporations and financial solvency, is enshrined as the supreme virtue, but did not enjoy the critical acclaim of his earlier books. Its zany originality, however, constitutes a good argument for how his fiction deserves a second look.” —WE ARE THE OBSERVER (WEBSITE) • “My favorite novel ever. Seriously…. DAVIS GRUBB wrote in an incredibly rich, dense, witty FAULKNER/WHITMAN/WILDESQUE style, and heroine FIFI LEECH deserves no less. This very long story plays entertainingly with language and drives some modern moneylenders from the Temple. It's ribald, magical, multilingually punning storytelling and characterization of the first order.”—FRANK H., AMAZON REVIEW •• For other details, please see below. • TITLE: “ANCIENT LIGHTS” AUTHOR: DAVIS GRUBB ILLUSTRATIONS: LEONARD WEIGARD TYPE: TRADE PAPERBACK PAGES: 540 PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: Zebra Books (New York), 1992 EDITION: First Edition Thus* *RE: On the Copyright page, “First Zebra Books Printing: 1992.” FIRST PUBLISHED: 1982 ISBN: 0-8217-3807-0 CONDITION of WRAPS: VERY GOOD. Minor scuffs & scratches. Light rubbed corners & light shelf-wear. Otherwise: Clean & bright. CONDITION of BOOK ITSELF: VERY GOOD. Book is square. Spine is tight & uncreased w/ gently rubbed tips. Text-block edges lightly scuffed but fine. Ink slash over bar code on inside cover but otherwise endpapers are fine. Pages bright & clean (with no marks, etc.). Looks unread. SHIPPING NEWS: This book will be wrapped separately with care before being shipped in a cushioned & sturdy mailer. 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Shipping Cost: 5.99 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Place of Publication: United States
Signed By: No
Book Title: Ancient Lights
Book Series: N/A
Original Language: English
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Personalized: No
Features: Unabridged, Collector's Edition
Literary Period/Movement: Modernism
Topic: Literature, Apocalyptic Thriller, Adventure
Binding: Hardcover
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Age Level: Adults
Publisher: Zebra Books
Intended Audience: Adults
Inscribed: No
Subject: Literature & Fiction,
Edition: First Edition Thus
Original/Facsimile: Original
Publication Year: 1987
Type: Novel
Era: 20th Century
Special Attributes: 1st Edition Thus, "Night of the Hunter" author
Author: Davis Grubb
Cultural Region: American Literature
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Supernatural
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
