The American Boy - first UK edition

by Andrew Taylor - signed

The story of a young American boy who arrives in London in 1819,and is soon connected with a series of strange events, including theft, a bank collapse, a missing man . . . the boy is Edgar Allen Poe. This is a 21st-century novel with a 19th-century voice. It is a multi-layered literary murder mystery and a love story combined in one tale, and the time and place are vividly reconstructed.

Book has black boards with the title in red on the spine. Signed by the author on the title page.

Jacket is also fine, mylar-protected, price-intact at £17.99.