HEARTS IN ATLANTIS

Advance proof copy of the first UK edition. Publisher's original blue card covers with gilt titles to the spine and embossed on the panels. 499pp. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, covers bright with some very light rubbing to the titles. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.

A collection of linked semi-autobiographical stories, set during the Vietnam War and in its aftermath (1960 -1999), with two novellas, 'Low Men in Yellow Coats' and 'Hearts in Atlantis' and three short stories 'Blind Willie', 'Why we're in Vietnam' and 'Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling'. In 2001 'Hearts in Atlantis' was adapted for film and based on 'Low Men in Yellow Coats' and 'Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling' starring Anthony Hopkins as Ted Brautigan.