This is a vintage novel. It was published in 1950 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York. The book measures 6 inches by 8 ¼ inches and contains 408 pages. The dust jacket shows signs of wear to the edges with a few small “chips” and “rips.” The dust jacket spine is “sunned.” The blue cloth cover of the book has gilt pictorial on the front and gilt title on the spine. The cover shows no signs of wear to speak of. The spine is tight and the hinges are strong. The pages show no signs of rips. There is a an envelope containing a gift card which is attached to the front free end page via the envelope flap. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this book is near very good.

Excerpt – Dust Jacket:
Wait for Tomorrow is written with the same high degree of realism that has characterized all of Wilder’s books; and it has the same sort of glamorous background as Written on the Wind. Yet this is an even more mature and confident Wilder, masterfully laying bare a sophisticated, degenerate society that will be universally fascinating, no matter how appalling.

Wilder’s world in this dynamic story is New York City, the high-tension capital of disenchantment; and Mexico City, the last refuge of the rich and corrupt who fled from Europe during the war. There they wait for tomorrow and live out their passionate, depraved todays in an atmosphere of bought-and-paid-for splendor. Wilder depicts his fabulous characters with a bright and polished realism. There is an exiled king, his indiscriminately passionate mistress, his unprincipled major-domo, an absolutely ruthless international financier, a Texas oilman with valuable connections. These are people whose techniques for survival make them seem like amoral animals in a highly mechanized jungle. Contrasted to them are a tragic young French girl, helpless in this swift vortex, and Slade Compton, a newspaper reporter, fighting to preserve one last shred of principle. No matter how you may regard these people, their story is told with the strength, the compelling power, that is the trademark of a magnificent writer.
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