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First American Edition. Fine in original black and white cloth and fine pictorial dust jacket. Unfaded spine. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. [vi], 279 + [3] pp. A great copy.A notable work by this jet-setting French novelist / diplomat / filmmaker, centering around the attempted 'de-programming' of a German Shepherd that had been trained, presumably by Southern racists, to attack and kill Black people; Gary, who finds the dog as a stray in the beginning of the book, elicits the help of an African-American animal handler in his attempt to cure the hound of its learned racism. Often characterized as a 'nonfiction autobiographical novel,' most of the book reads pretty much as a straight memoir -- albeit with some individuals anonymized -- of Gary's involvement in the American leftist/progressive political scene (Hollywood chapter) of the day. His presence in that milieu was in large measure due to the even deeper immersion of his then-wife, activist/actress Jean Seberg, who was notorious (at least in the eyes… Read More