MACKIEWICZ Joseph, Careerist.

Careerist.

(1st ed.). London 1955. orbis. Polish Bookstore. 8 (small), pp. 250, [6], illustrations on separate plates, cloth binding, wraps. Library of Polish Authors.
Illustrations by Kazimierz Pacewicz. Uncorrected rubbing and soiling of the wrappers, ownership stamps, sticker exlibris of Juliusz Sakowski on the front pastedown. "In Mackiewicz's novel, events unfold with precision as if they were the script of a crime film. And yet their precise drawing is constantly accompanied by something unspeakable, mysterious.... This is deepened by the impression of the unity of place, characters and situations, which are revealed from an increasingly different angle in the subsequent stages of the narrative. The intrigue of the novel is hidden not only in the plot - also in this constant indeterminacy of the behavior of the characters, about whom seemingly everything is known. A small masterpiece of the realistic art of storytelling."