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The Knightly Quest: A novella & twelve short stories

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If you are a fan of Tennessee Williams, this is the rarest and most difficult to find volumes of his prose. (Yes, the short stories are in the "Collected Stories").
Published in 1966, "Knightly Quest" is the only story included that had not been published previously elsewhere. 'The Knightly Quest' might be considered a novella at 104 pages. 'The Knightly Quest' is an attempt to make a political statement meant to both warn and lampoon big business, the military and the government. But, 'Knightly Quest' has two meanings: it is both a cry to oppose the establishment and a reference to cruising for homosexual sex.
The remaining four short stories had been previously published in magazines or limited editions, but appear here for the first time as part of a New Directions publication. 'Mama's Old Stucco House' deals with race relations between black servants and white employers in the characters of a son and the servant of his dying mother. 'Man Bring This Up Road' is a first attempt at what would later become the play 'The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore' (best remembered as the Taylor/Burton film 'Boom!'). 'The Kingdom of Earth' is a first attempt at what would later become the play 'The Seven Descents of Myrtle'. 'Grand' is a loving autobiographical tribute to Tennessee Williams' grandmother.