No Jacket. First Edition. Published by Simon and Schuster of New York. 288 pages. Pages are toned but tight and clean. The date of 1947 appears on the title page and the copyright page. Blue boards. White mark on top edge of front cover. Bumped corners. Slightly soiled back cover. The publication of 'Aurora Dawn' in 1947 immediately established Herman Wouk as a novelist of exceptional literary. Wouk's raucous satire of Manhattan's high-power elite recounts the adventures of one Andrew Reale as he struggles toward fame and fortune in the early days of radio. Seeking wealth and prestige, ambitious Andrew finds himself face-to-face with his own devil's bargain: forced to choose between soul and salary, true love and a strategic romance, Wouk's hero learns a timeless lesson about the high cost of success in America's most extravagant metropolis.