[1rudeboy]

I collect copies of P.D. Ouspensky's, The Strange Life of Ivan Osokin . . . mostly to hand-out as gifts. The book itself was out-of-print until just recently, and my friends used to joke about how I was trying to corner the world market. (I always have maybe 3-4 copies in stock).

One day, I found a hardcover copy in stock at a used bookstore in the UK (on the internet). All the previous copies I had ever seen were paperback (Penguin?--yuck). Needless to say, I jumped on it . . . and opened the package to discover that someone had sent their Penguin to a binder and had it bound. The book itself is now in my permanent collection.

I was out maybe $15-20 bucks, but I learned that someone out there felt the way I do about this novel. Strange life.

[angkor]

P.D. Ouspensky

I could never understand that guy, or his mentor Gurdjieff, although I did give them a try.