Two Uncollected Stories by Cormac McCarthy

Withnail Books of Penrith, publishers of rare literature in highly limited editions, have just announced their latest titles. These are two booklets offering uncollected and largely forgotten early stories by Cormac McCarthy, 'Wake for Susan' and 'A Drowning Incident'. 

They were published, the announcement explains, 'in October 1959 and March 1960 respectively, in the literary magazine of his alma mater, the University of Tennessee. The stories were his first published fiction, and provide a vivid glimpse of what was to come...'

The booklets are in a hand-numbered edition strictly limited to 150 copies. Each booklet includes a tipped-in frontispiece. Withnail Books' publications are always well-designed and well-produced and there is sure to be lively interest in these elusive pieces.

Update: sold out on the day of issue. 

(Mark Valentine)