The Dark Arena (first edition in dust jacket)
New York: Random House, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Hardcover. 308 pp. Fine in original dust jacket, small chip top left corner of the front panel and some sunning to the spine. Pre-dating his all-time bestseller "The Godfather" by some fifteen years, Puzo's first novel is a post-World War II story of Walter Mosca, an American army veteran who returns to Germany to find his old wartime lover and finds the country to now be corrupt and black-market driven. Walter is faced with the moral ambiguity, violence and corruption and must choose between love and post war realities. Fine / very good. Item #E35999
Price: $145.00