The Deuce. Signed by Robert Olen Butler. First Edition, First Printing. Simon & Schuster. New York, 1989.

Robert Olen Butler is a celebrated American author of dozens of novels and short story collections. He is noted for his wide range of literary styles and subject matter. Over the course of his career, readers and critics have been continually surprised by his ever-changing artistic choices. For his contributions, he has been awarded the National Magazine Award for Fiction, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In The Deuce, Butler provides one of his strongest early works. It is a novel about a young Vietnamese-American boy who finds himself navigating the seedier parts of America on his own. It is an investigation of American culture, a coming-of-age story, a picture of the immigrant experience, a mystery, and much more. At the time of its publication, The Deuce all but ensured Butler would rise to the highest ranks of American literary culture. It remains one of his best works.

This first edition, first printing is signed by Butler on the title page. It is in fine condition. In the original quarter cloth, fine. Text block fine. In the original dust jacket, fine.

A fine signed first edition by Robert Olen Butler.