Mohawk [signed] [first edition]

[publisher: New York City, NY: Vintage Contemporaries, 1986] First Edition 1st Printing. 418 pages. Published in 1986. The author's debut novel. One of the most important American literary debuts of the last quarter of the 20th century. Text by Richard Russo. . Presents the author's cult debut novel. "I know of no novel in recent years so truly American, so fully peopled, so traditional without the merest nostalgia for novels or times that never were, or so ascendant. Singular and brilliant" (Bill Buford, GRANTA Magazine). A brilliant debut, this is a "must-have" title for Richard Russo collectors. This copy is prominently and beautifully signed in black fountain pen on the title page by Richard Russo. The First Hardcover Edition appeared in the United Kingdom in 1987 while the American hardcover did not appear until 2001,