The Winter of Our Discontent

London: Heinemann, 1961. First UK edition. Dark red-cloth octavo in red DJ, 365 pages; 21 cm. Hardly rubbed corners, barely worn spine foot and head, bright and clean pages, binding is tight, else Near fine(+) in near fine(-) DJ. Hardcover.

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards. American fiction -- 20th century. DJ protected in archival mylar wrap.