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Paula Fox (1923―2017) was the author of Desperate Characters, The Widow’s Children, A Servant’s Tale, The God of Nightmares, Poor George, The Western Coast, and Borrowed Finery: A Memoir, among other books.
Frederick Busch (1941–2006) was the recipient of many honors, including an American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award, a National Jewish Book Award, and the PEN/Malamud Award. The prolific author of sixteen novels and six collections of short stories, Busch is renowned for his writing’s emotional nuance and minimal, plainspoken style. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he lived most of his life in upstate New York, where he worked for forty years as a professor at Colgate University.
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Frederick Busch (1941–2006) was the recipient of many honors, including an American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award, a National Jewish Book Award, and the PEN/Malamud Award. The prolific author of sixteen novels and six collections of short stories, Busch is renowned for his writing’s emotional nuance and minimal, plainspoken style. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he lived most of his life in upstate New York, where he worked for forty years as a professor at Colgate University.
Enormously touching and wholly believable. -- Washington Post Book World
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- PublisherHarcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Publication date1972
- ISBN 10 0151957509
- ISBN 13 9780151957507
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages333
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THE WESTERN COAST
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy in a near very good, mylar protected DJ. Stated 1st edition with proper alphabet line. Slight amount of fading to book spine ends; DJ has some wear and chipping to spine ends and corner tips. 8vo., 333 pages. Seller Inventory # 25874
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. us1st.edition.1st.impression.at least vg hardback in vg dustwrapper.a very nice copy.this copy is inscribed by the author on the half title page "August 1972.for dear paul, with love indeed -Paula".88. Language: eng Language: eng. Seller Inventory # shhheepplllfbb
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