Pan, London, 1964, 1^st pr thus.  X289.  MMPB, 239 pages.  Very good; wraps show some edge and cover wear, light creases, a few impressions; binding sound.  Stamp on verso of front wrap; remainder of interior clean and unmarked with tanned pages.  ‘Dan Tiamat, who rises from poverty to international renown as a newspaper columnist, creates a meaningless world of his own that cheats him of the significance he longed for, breaks him physically and spiritually, and at last destroys him.’ (from first page)