{"product_id":"john-rechy-city-of-night-1963-inscribed","title":"John Rechy — City of Night (1963), inscribed","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e Grove Press, New York, 1963\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First edition, first printing; first-state dust jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cloth, dust jacket with Tony Canales author photograph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 410 pp.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12mo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper to Ralph Sylvester.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fine in a near fine dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eRechy's first novel, published by Grove Press in 1963, follows an unnamed young hustler from El Paso through Times Square, Pershing Square in Los Angeles, the French Quarter at Mardi Gras and San Francisco: a nocturnal America of bars, parks and rented rooms that respectable literature did not acknowledge. Sections first appeared in Evergreen Review and Big Table, where its incantatory, street-level voice drew immediate attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt became a bestseller in spite of reviews such as the New York Review of Books' notoriously hostile one. Rechy, who grew up Mexican American in El Paso and drew on his own life, is now recognised as a forerunner of both gay and Chicano literature, and the Doors borrowed his title for a line in L.A. Woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInscribed to Ralph Sylvester, co-founder of the Los Angeles fine press Sylvester \u0026amp; Orphanos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Rechy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67894717645117,"sku":"DI-047","price":1975.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1024\/2857\/4013\/files\/unnamed_8fe30df4-8c33-4c41-8348-8023068ea9de.jpg?v=1793689190","url":"https:\/\/docksideinterview.com\/products\/john-rechy-city-of-night-1963-inscribed","provider":"Dockside Interview","version":"1.0","type":"link"}