THE ROAD FROM POMPEY'S HEAD: The Life and Work of Hamilton Basso. By Inez Hollander Lake. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1999). First edition, first printing. "First printing" statement and first printing number code sequence 1 through 5 to the copyright page. Illustrated with nine photographs A comprehensive biography and study of the novelist (who earned numerous accolades including a finalist for the National Book Award), literary critic, regular writer of articles for the New Yorker and The New Republic, and New Orleans native who moved on and became known for his Southern 'otherness'. Fine, square, and tight in cream-beige linen with black embossed titles to the spine; in a fine dust jacket; original printed $29.95 price still intact to the front inner flap. Octavo; 279 pages; bibliography; index; plus preface; plus preliminaries. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT LITERARY CRITICISM BIOGRAPHY BOOKS THANKS!