Head to Toe by Joe Orton St Martin's Press 1986 1st US edition
Title: Head to Toe
Author: Joe Orton
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: St Martin's Press 1986
Edition: 1st US edition
ISBN 10: 0312007183
Size: 5.75 X 8.5 * 187 pages
Synopsis: From the jacket: When he was murdered in 1967 at the age of 34, playwright Joe Orton -author of Loot, Entertaining Mr. Sloane, What the Butler Saw, and other acclaimed dramas-left behind several novels. Now published in America for the first time, Head to Toe is written with all the needle-sharp wit and brisk pace of Orton's plays.
Head to Toe is like a modernized Alice in Wonderland-but for adults. The hero, Gombold, strays onto the head of a creature some hundred miles high and begins a strenuous and eventful journey southward through the giant's nether regions and on toward his toes.
En route, Gombold falls into the clutches of Connie, a dominating and gender-bending policewoman; finds himself in an assassination squad whose target is the (female) Prime Minister; is incarcerated with the Monte Cristo-like Doktor von Pregnant; and finally enlists in an apocalyptic war between the Left and Right Buttocks.
Proceeding with the fantastic but implacable logic of a dream, peopled by comic and dangerous grotesques, and primed with the twin charges of satire and eroticism, Head to Toe is a tour-de-force from a brilliant writer.
Overall Condition: Very good: The book does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. There is no obvious damage to the cover the dust jacket (with minor wear and tear) is included. There are no missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. It may have very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover as well as very minimal wear and tear.
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