J.M. Coetzee. 
 
Oak Tree Fine Press: 2006. Hardcover. Square octavo. 26 pages. Near fine. Signed. 
 
Signed by J.M. Coetzee, who gave the Oak Tree Press more work and words than any other author. Growing from an idea to a publishing house with the support of the Nobel laureate Coetzee, Oak Tree is committed to making books that are art projects as well as whose proceeds benefit children living with HIV in Africa. The Oak Tree Disgrace is the second entry in the First Chapter Series, which includes fold-out photography or art by a noted artist, in this case Jo Ractliffe. The photography speaks to the late industrial desolation of the story. Alongside Disgrace's first chapter of storytelling discipline and ethical fearlessness, it hypnotizes the reader.
 
"For a man of his age, fifty-two, divorced, he has, to his mind, solved the problem of sex rather well."