MALDOROR: Complete Works of the Comte de Lautreamont - Extreme Writings / Bizarre Fiction 
By Isidore Ducasse a.k.a. the Comte de Lautreamont - Dark Humor / Absurdism / Sadism 

From the first paragraph of the 'First Canto' (chapter) ~ "It would not be good for everyone to read the pages which follow; only the few may relish this bitter fruit without danger - so timid soul, before further penetration... retrace your steps, do not advance..." 

AND the infamous statement so loved and adopted by the Surrealists: "As beautiful as the chance meeting on a dissecting table of a sewing machine and an umbrella !" 

This is over the top hard to describe highly bizarre fiction - The author was as mysterious as his writings were - little is know about him other than his name, Isidore Ducasse who was born in Uruguay in 1846 and died young in Paris in 1870 - these writings are all that remain - This is the only complete Collection available in English. 

EXACT CHANGE Publication - 2011 Edition - NEW PAPERBACK BOOK in VG Condition - 350 Pages - No Illustrations - PRICE: $26.00 - Price Includes Shipping