First edition. 8vo. Pp. [xii], 223. Black quarter-cloth over lime green paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Published simultaneously with the signed limited edition.
Author's eighth and final novel. A modern-day dystopian fantasy set in a time after a thermonuclear war prompts divine retribution in the form of a second flood. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Natural (1952) and The Fixer (1966). "Malamud is a crafty storyteller, and his Judeo-Christian narrative compels interest and anticipation." –The New York Times