New Directions, October 1985. Cloth. Employing the principles of double-entry bookkeeping, a frustrated bank clerk devises a unique system for righting the wrongs imposed on him by society. Red cloth with blue lettering on spine. In dust jacket. NOT price clipped. Grey end pages. Clean, sound, without markings... More
New Directions, November 2009. Stapled Pamphlets in Box. B.S. Johnson's lost classic has been showered with praise: New York Magazine named The Unfortunates one of their Ten Best Books of 2008, listed in The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2008, and The Los Angeles Times declared it to..... More
New Directions. Stapled Soft Cover. A legendary 1960s experiment in form, The Unfortunates is B. S. Johnson's famous "book in a box," in which the chapters are presented unbound, to be read in any order the reader chooses. A sportswriter, sent to a Midlands town on a weekly assignment, finds..... More
