GOODIS, David

Shoot the Piano Player

New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1956. First Edition Thus. Octavo (18cm); pictorial card wrappers; black edge-staining; [5],6-159,[1]pp. Top edge faded, faint vertical crease to left edge of front wrapper, with light wear to extremities; Very Good.

Movie tie-in edition for Goodis's 1956 novel Down There, in which an alcoholic former concert pianist plays piano in a sleazy bar, and becomes entangled with criminals who ultimately murder his girlfriend. Basis for François Truffaut's 1960 film noir Tirez sur le Pianiste, starring Charles Aznavour. HUBIN, p.173.

Price: $25.00

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