The Child Buyer

British first edition. Umber cloth with gold gilt title on spine. Inscribed by author Hersey to Peter Dzwonkoski, former Director of Rare Books and Special Collections at the University of Rochester, on the title page. Otherwise, clean text and interior. Unclipped dust jacket with very slight soiling to rear of cover and bumping to cover at bottom rear. Tight, square binding. A satirical novel framed as a legislative hearing, it critiques American education and commodification of talent, focusing on a man's attempt to buy a gifted child for a mysterious corporation. 258 pages.