Shrake’s first novel.  It was subsequently designated a “classic” when it was included in Classics of Texas Fiction by James Lee Ward, a noted authority on Texas literature.   According to Ward, it is set in the Kennedy years when the rich were getting richer, the parties wilder, and politicians more expensive to buy.  The book introduces the reader to a fast Fort Worth crowd and their hangers-on.  A daring novel for its time written by a man who had correctly gaged the mood of those about whom he was writing.

Garden City, New York:  Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964. 1st edition. Hardcover book with dustjacket. The book is VERY GOOD PLUS with one slightly bumped corner, minor edgewear, and slight nudging at the top and bottom of the spine.  The dustjacket is GOOD to VERY GOOD with some soiling, some chipping at the edges and at the bottom of the bottom front fold, some wear to the dustjacket in the area corresponding to the external hinges. It is also price-clipped. SIGNED.