Highly acclaimed novelist Beryl Bainbridge brings to life "the sexual tensions that lie beneath the ordered surface of everyday life." In 1764, Dr. Sam. Johnson attends a dinner and beyond expectations is taken into the social world of the Thrales - and the Thrales are likewise drawn into Johnson's world. Queeney is the oldest daughter of Mrs. Thrale, later Piozzi. Little, Brown and Co, London: 2001. 1st ed, 1st impression, signed by author.  Burgundy boards, gilt title. 242 pages, Hb, unclipped dj protected by Mylar. Like new. USED. $50.00