City of Night

First UK edition. Publisher’s original red speckled boards with bright white lettering to spine. Near fine. In good [only] dust jacket: faded and somewhat crinkled; red off-setting to lower panel; creased and rubbed to edges. *** John Rechy (born March 10, 1931) is among the pioneers of modern LGBT literature. City of Night follows a young man as he travels across the country while working as a hustler. It inspired film maker Gus van Sant to write the screenplay for My Own Private Idaho and Jim Morrison apparently references the book in the The Doors song L.A. Woman.