DINNER AT DEVIANT'S PALACE

by Tim Powers

$25 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

New York: Ace Science Fiction Books, 1985 . Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace 14879. A hard-boiled version of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice set in a post-holocaust California, with a bizarre alien presiding over an exotic hell. A fast-moving adventure with the author's usual gothic touches; a key example of the new post-holocaust romanticism. - Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-872. Winner of the 1985 John W.

• Binding: Wrappers

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