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About the Author:
John Hawkes (1925–1998) was a postmodern novelist born in Stamford, Connecticut, and educated at Harvard University. He was noted for his unconventional style and views on the creation of literature and was admired by Flannery O’Connor, Robert Penn Warren, Saul Bellow, Anthony Burgess, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Donald Barthelme.
Review:
“The sixth and most accessible novel by, feasibly, our best writer. . . The book's principal attribute is its relentless originality.”
- Thomas McGuane, The New York Times Book Review
“Rich, evocative, highly original piece of fiction. It gilds contemporary American literature with real, not synthetic, gold.”
- Anthony Burgess
“John Hawkes here has written the mature work of a great artist. An artist finally accessible, whose language, images, and sounds present an astonishing vision.”
- Jacques Cabau, L’Express (Paris)
- Thomas McGuane, The New York Times Book Review
“Rich, evocative, highly original piece of fiction. It gilds contemporary American literature with real, not synthetic, gold.”
- Anthony Burgess
“John Hawkes here has written the mature work of a great artist. An artist finally accessible, whose language, images, and sounds present an astonishing vision.”
- Jacques Cabau, L’Express (Paris)
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- PublisherPenguin Books
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0140267344
- ISBN 13 9780140267341
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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