(price-clipped) [very slight bump to bottom corners, otherwise a solid clean book; jacket is rubbed and scuffed, slightly faded at spine, crimped and a bit worn at spine ends]. "Here are two half-romantic, half-symbolic tales that will hold the reader and almost certainly puzzle him. Both are set in England -- rich in description and atmosphere. Both center around young men -- cheerful, talented, friendly -- who are caught by accident in a web of peculiar circumstances, strange characters and unpredictable events."