Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

New York: Viking Press, 1944. First edition. 245 pages 20 cm Very fine copy of the first without dust jacket. See photos. . Hardcover.

A novel. "The hero of this novel is one Leonidas Erosa, a South American general heavy with years and money, residing in Biarritz with his retinue. This includes a paragon of a cook; an Indian to care for his dogs; a fabulous secretary; a mistress; and the faithful English governess, Miss Graves, who carries her coffin with her when they travel. This sportive party, at the approach of war, sets out for America. Their adventures in Casablanca, in New York, and finally on the old hacienda in Ecuador, are a saga of life, love, death and birth." —Publisher. / Nightclubs -- Fiction. South Americans -- Fiction. Boîtes de nuit -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Sud-Américains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Nightclubs. South Americans. American fiction -- 20th century