Paradise Alley: A Novel by Sylvester Stallone [1977 HARDCOVER] BCE • G.P. Putnam's Sons

Paradise Alley by Sylvester Stallone

FIRST BOOK CLUB EDITION [1977] G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS

Presumed book club edition, virtually identical to the true first edition in every way, but without a price on front panel of dust jacket.   

Book itself indicates a first edition / second impression on copyright page.

Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition.  Light wear.  Reads like new.

The debut novel from actor Sylvester Stallone, shortly after made into a film of the same name.

In 1946, the lives of three brothers are changed when they discover that one of them has a talent for wrestling.

PARADISE ALLEY is the story of three brothers trapped in the sweltering slum of "Hell's Kitchen." Victor, Cosmo and Lenny are losers - each in his own way - until the night Victor beats "Frankie the Thumper" at arm-wrestling and shows his brothers the way to the sweet life . . .