Altered States

First UK edition. 159pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Slight foxing to head of text block. A little creasing to ffe. A near fine copy. Jacket illustration by George Underwood. *** Sidney Aaron “Paddy” Chayefsky (1923-1981) was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Altered States was published as a novel, but viewed by the author as “a blueprint for the screenplay”, which Chayefsky also wrote. It was made into a film by Ken Russell, starring William Hurt in his first role.