INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY PINTOFF WHO HAS ALSO DONE A DRAWING OF A PALM TREE, MOUNTAINS, SUN AND A JEWISH STAR ON THE FRONT ENDSHEET. "WITH AFFECTION ERNIE." First novel about a young boy who witnesses a grisly murder. Pintoff won a Oscar in 1963 for his animated short "The Critic" and won The International Animated Film Society's award for distinguished contributions to the art of animation in 1998. Fine/fine.