PCB, that book was recommended to me by my mother not long after it came out. I hate to think how long ago...what is the publication date?
I have always considered it to be among the best five books I have ever read, along with To Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Rings, and the entire Aubrey Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian.
Like many books that I love, I have read it more than once. (three times, I think).
What a lucky find, to get it in a first edition! I think $160 is a dream, unless it is in fabulous shape, including the original sleeve; but I bet you could get 75 bucks for it in a heatbeat.
But read it first! It is truly a great book (Pulitzer Prizewinner).
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