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Nocturnes for the King of Naples
AuthorEdmund White
CountryUSA [1]
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
Publication date
1978
ISBN0-312-57653-6

Nocturnes for the King of Naples is a 1978 novel by Edmund White. The novel is written as a series of letters addressed to a nameless former lover of the anonymous narrator.

The cover of the first paperback edition was illustrated by Mel Odom. It was Odom's first illustration for a book.[2] The original drawing, titled 'Smoke', appeared at auction in June 2019 at Sotheby's for an estimate of $4,000 - $6,000.[3]

White includes an exert from W. B. Yeats's poem 'Meditations in Times of Civil War' before the first chapter.

  1. ^ "Signed First Edition". AbeBooks.
  2. ^ Gentes, Brian (2019-01-19). "A Mel Odom Retrospective, Carmen Maria Machado's Upcoming Memoir, and More LGBTQ News". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  3. ^ "BENT Auction". Sotheby's.

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