Patterns: Four Television Plays with the Author's Personal Commentaries
Serling, Rod. Bantam Books, 1958. Softbound. While serving in the US Army during the Battle of Leyte, Serling was lounging beneath a palm tree listening to an impromptu comic monologue by fellow private Melvin Levy, when a food crate was dropped from a plane above, landing on and decapitating his comrade mid-performance. This experience would shape the Twilight Zone creator's sensibility, earning him the title of Hollywood's 'angry young man', a character here on display in the frank commentary on four of his television plays.
Interior is clean and unmarked except for a former owner name to the first (promotional) leaf. Spine has some creasing. Light to moderate wear to the covers, including some edge-wear and a one-inch crease to the back cover. 245 pp. Featured Rare & Collectible.
