New York, NY: Signet Books/The New American Library, Inc., 1967. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. Signed by William H. Gass. "...the story of a rural American town reeling under the impact of a confrontation between Brackett Omensetter, a man of natural goodness, and the Reverend Jethro Furber, a preacher crazed with suppressed sex and violence."(from back cover) The first published novel by the venerable, award-winning American author William H. Gass. This..... More