The Handsome Sailor

The Story

A portrait of the 19th century writer, Herman Melville, after he wrote his famous Moby Dick. He burns his manuscripts, has an extra-marital affair and goes to work as a customs inspector in New York. Not until 30 years later does he resume writing to produce Billy Bud just before his death.

A hardcover edition from 1998 of The Handsome Sailor by Larry Duberstein. It runs to 266 pages, in good condition. We hold one copy, so once it is gone it is gone. Shelved under Literature & Fiction. Wrapped with care for collectors and shipped from Kuwait.