New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Edition. 204pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. Excellent condition, gentle shelf wear of book and wrapper. SIGNED by the author in his initials HST, affixed on a special publisher’s bookplate.

Thompson’s first novel, a brilliantly tangled love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent alcoholic lust in San Juan, Puerto Rico in the late 1950s. The manuscript, begun in 1959, was thought lost until found in 1997 among Thompson’s papers by Johnny Depp who starred in the 2011 film adaptation.