The Other by Thomas Tryon [FIRST EDITION] 1971 • Alfred A. Knopf

The Other by Thomas Tryon

FIRST EDITION [1971] ALFRED A. KNOPF

4th printing / June 1971. 

Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition. 

Light shelf wear to a near-pristine dust jacket, with original price on unclipped front panel.  Now housed (and looking great) in a new archival quality jacket protector.

Book itself is near mint; pristine gilded red cloth.  Looks and reads like new!

Thomas Tryon’s best-selling novel about a homegrown monster is an eerie examination of the darkness that dwells within everyone. It is a landmark of psychological horror that is a worthy descendent of the books of James Hogg, Robert Louis Stevenson, Shirley Jackson, and Patricia Highsmith.

Entranced and terrified, the reader of The Other is swept up in the life of a Connecticut country town in the thirties—and in the fearful mysteries that slowly darken and overwhelm it.

Originally published in 1971, The Other is one of the most influential horror novels ever written. Its impeccable recreation of small-town life and its skillful handling of the theme of personality transference between thirteen-year-old twins led to widespread critical acclaim for the novel, which was successfully filmed from Thomas Tryon's own screenplay.