After the Banquet

Translated from the Japanese by Donald Keene. First UK edition. Hardback in dust jacket. 271pp. Publisher’s green cloth; stamped in silver to spine. Foxing to edges and first few leaves (only). Jacket with a few chips and short tears to edges; slight foxing to flaps. *** A very good first UK printing of Mishima’s engaging and intelligent novel about the relationship between a prosperous restaurant owner and an aging politician. The book led to a landmark court case in Japan, dubbed the “After the Banquet case”.