Slow Man. London: Secker & Warburg, 2005. First Edition. A fine bright copy in pictorial dust jacket.

Signed by the author on title page.

A novel by the South-African writer J.M. Coetzee concerning a man who must learn to adapt after losing a leg in a road accident. The novel has many varied themes, including the nature of care, the relationship between an author and his characters, and man’s drive to leave a legacy.

This was Coetzee’s first novel after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.