The Devil's Laughter

210pp. Bright, yellow cloth boards (sharp and strong, just a little discoloured at edges). Lightly toned. In its original dust jacket (gentle edge wear, a little faded, mildly crushed at spine tips). Dust jacket now protected in archival quality mylar wrapper which prolongs the life of the paper, keeps it clean and protects it from damage. It is not adhered to the book or to the dust jacket. African-American Frank Yerby, author of 53 novels, made his name as a writer of popular fiction tinged with a distinctive Antebellum southern flavour. In 1946 he became the first African-American to publish a best-seller with The Foxes of Harrow. He was also the first African-American to have a book purchased for screen adaptation by a Hollywood studio, when 20th Century Fox optioned Foxes, which became an Oscar-nominated film starring Rex Harrison & Maureen O'Hara.