Schmidt Delivered

First edition. 8vo. Pp. [x], 292, [1]. Quarter bound brown cloth over pumpkin-yellow paper-covered boards, title silver-stamped to spine. Deckled fore-edges. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson (priced $25.00 to front flap).

A 2001 New York Times Notable Book of the Year. A mordant tale of recovery from late-life disaster. The sequel to the critically acclaimed About Schmidt (1996), made into the 2002 Academy Award-nominated film by Alexander Payne, starring Jack Nicholson. Schmidt Steps Back (2012), completes the Schmidt trilogy. "A comedy of manners so dry it crackles." –The New Yorker