Penguin, New York, 1998, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-14-025452-8.  Trade soft cover, 211 pages.  Very good plus; light edge and cover wear, remainder mark on bottom edge, binding sound, sticker residue on rear wrap.  Interior clean and unmarked with lightly tanned pages.  Translated from the German by Breon Mitchell.  ‘The ancient gods are still among us.  After 2,187 years in chains, Hermes – the fun-loving god of stolen kisses, erotic freedom, turmoil, and thievery – is freed.  On a mission to save the world from the corruption of technology – and end his own two-thousand-year streak of celibacy – Hermes sets out to resurrect the long-forgotten virtues of curiosity, imagination, humor, … and mischief.’ (from rear wrap)