Bound by Suntup Bindery using Embossed Goat

Boy's Life
by Robert McCammon
Six full color illustrations by David Palumbo as well as a new introduction by the the author.
Suntup Editions, Irvine, CA, 2023
Numbered Edition, 250 Copies
Lettered Edition, 26 Copies
6" x 9"

Set against the backdrop of the 1960s South; Zephyr, Alabama, is an idyllic hometown for eleven-year-old Cory Mackenson, a place where monsters swim the river deep and friends are forever. Then, one cold spring morning, Cory and his father witness a car plunge into a lake and a desperate rescue attempt brings his father face-to-face with a terrible, haunting vision of death. As Cory struggles to understand his father's pain, his eyes are slowly opened to the forces of good and evil that surround him. From an ancient mystic who can hear the dead and bewitch the living, to a violent clan of moonshiners, Cory must confront the secrets that hide in the shadows of his hometown. For his father's sanity and his own life hang in the balance.

The Numbered edition of 250 copies is a quarter goatskin binding with a custom pattern design by Laura Serra printed on linen cloth covering the boards and a foil blocked leather label. The spine is Embossed Goatskin from J. Hewit & Sons. Endsheets are Hahnemühle Bugra and the head & tail bands are handmade with leather. The book is housed in a cloth covered clamshell enclosure with velour lined floors and a foil blocked leather spine label. A fold-out of the Classic edition endsheet & dust jacket illustration is included. The edition is printed letterpress on Mohawk Superfine and is signed by the author and artist.

The Lettered edition is limited to 26 copies and is a full goatskin binding with leather capped corners, and a foil blocked cover with a leather spine label. Endsheets are hand marbled for this edition by Claire Guillot in France, and the head & tail bands are handmade with leather. The clamshell enclosure is covered in European bookcloth with velour lined floors. This state is published in two volumes, with a paragraph from the text of the novel foil blocked in gold on the back covers. A fold-out of the Classic edition endsheet & dust jacket illustration is included. The edition is printed letterpress on mouldmade Arches Text, a beautiful wove watermarked paper, and is signed by the author and artist.

An unforgettable adventure steeped in nostalgia, Boy's Life is a powerful reminder of the magic that exists in childhood and all that we confront on the way to adulthood.

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