The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton [HARDCOVER RE-PRINT] 1997 • 60th Printing • Viking • Mint!

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

HARDCOVER RE-PRINT [1997] VIKING

60th printing from the original line of Viking hardcover printings that began with the 1967 first edition. 

Issued in 1997 with revised jacket art by Robert Hunt. 

Hardcover with dust jacket in beautiful condition!  Near mint copy with only minor trace shelf wear. 

DJ now housed in a new HQ brodart jacket protector.  

The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for "social") has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back. Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers--until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc. The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his bifurcated world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser.