Friday, March 6, 2015

The Sleeper by Holly Roth

He alone knew the secret 
And he had to die to reveal it

Cover by Rudy Nappi
Set in New York during the Cold War, at a time when there was heightened concern with the possible threats posed by Communism and the advent of nuclear weapons. It was to facilitate the spread of Communism that a young American teenager named Francis Burton Hollister was willing to sacrifice everything he might have been.

Cover by Lou Machetti
Printing History
Written by Holly Roth (1916-1964)

Simon and Schuster
1955

Lion Books
LB 171
1957

Pyramid Books
G338
1959
 Bonus Cover


2 comments:

  1. What a selection of covers! I read this one years ago.

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  2. I have been wanting to read some Holly Roth novels lately. It might have been the post at Clothes in Books that got me interested.

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