The World, the Flesh, and L.A. 
 
Tales by Eve Babitz. 
 
Alfred A. Knopf: 1977. First edition. Hardcover in a jacket. Book very good with foxing on the bottom edge and a spine slightly cocked and somewhat smudged. Jacket very good with a few tiny chips. 
 
“The rain is freedom; it has always been like that in L.A. It’s freedom from smog and unbroken dreary hateful sameness, it’s freedom to look out the window and think of London and little violets and Paris and cobblestones. It’s freedom to be cozy. Cozy! You can be cozy and not even have to go to San Francisco.”