Empire of the Senseless

Acker, Kathy

First UK edition. Picador/ Pan Books, London, 1988. Hardcover, 8vo, pp. 227. Original black cloth binging tight and square, bumping on ends of spine. Uneven tanning to edges, toned. Dust jacket has some wear to edges, toned on reverse. The first edition of Acker's fifth book on a big publishing house, and her first science fiction novel. In case you needed convincing, it was called by the Paris Review “obscene and mindbending”. In line of Acker's obsession with corporality and body modification, she dedicated this book to her tattoist.