Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids

Translated by Paul St John Mackintosh and Maki Sugiyama. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. In unclipped dust jacket designed by Susi Mawani. Pristine copy: appears unread. *** Kanzaburo Oe’s debut novel, originally published in Japanese in 1958. First English translation – published following Oe winning the Novel Price in 1994.