The Serpent

Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. First UK edition. 186pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Foxing to head of text block. Jacket price-clipped, age-toned and slightly rubbed; tiny nick to head of spine. SCARCE. Fantastic jacket design by John Alcorn. *** Luigi Malerba (1927-2008): Italian novelist, short-story writer and screenwriter, and a leading figure of the neo-avant-garde Gruppo 63. The Serpent (Il serpente (1966) is among his best-known works.