Penguin, London, 1968, reprint.  ISBN 0-14-002865-X.  Trade soft cover, 345 pages.  Very good; light edge and cover wear, light creases on rear wrap, remainder mark; interior clean and unmarked with tanned pages.  “The Benedict Arnold University in America’s Midwest perfectly fulfils all the criteria of an excellent academic institution:  a bookstore well stocked with ring binders, good parking facilities and efficient air conditioning.  Since the beginning of the year the English Department has even boasted a genuine Englishman, James Walker, teacher of creative writing.  Once hailed as an angry young man, Walker is, in fact, a mildly irritated man in his thirties with three ‘promising’ novels to his credit.  Socially inadequate, a dedicated liberal short on commitment and drive, Walker is not, perhaps, an ideal candidate for the post he was summoned so auspiciously to fill …” (from rear wrap)