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First published in 1928, this rhymed, free-verse novel, which became a cult classic, chronicles a single night of debauchery in the life of a vaudeville dancer and features new black-and-white illustrations. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.

Joseph Moncure March was a poet, journalist and screenwriter best known for his two verse narratives, <b>The Wild Party</b> and <b>The Set-Up</b>, the story of a washed-up black boxer. An editor for <i>The New Yorker</i> in the 1920s, he died in 1977.<br><br>Art Spiegelman is the author of <b>Maus, A Survivor's Tale</b>, for which he received a special Pulitzer Prize in 1992. He was co-founder and editor of <i>Raw</i>, the acclaimed magazine <br>of avant-garde comics, and is currently a staff artist for <i>The New Yorker</i> and comix editor at <i>Details</i> magazine. He is currently working on <i>Crime Doesn't Pay</i>, an opera libretto about the history of comics. He lives in New York City with his wife, Françoise Mouly, and their two children, Nadja and Dashiell.<br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>