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When Roger and Virginia Lindhal enroll their son Gregg in Mrs. Alt's Los Padres Valley School in the mountains of Southern California, their marriage is already in deep trouble. Then the Lindhals meet Chic and Liz Bonner, whose two sons also board at Mrs. Alt's school. The meeting is a catalyst for a complicated series of emotions and traumas, set against the backdrop of suburban Los Angeles in the early fifties. The buildup of emotional intensity and the finely observed characterizations are hallmarks of Philip K. Dick's work.
This is a realistic novel filled with details of everyday life and skillfully told from three points of view. It is powerful, eloquent, and gripping.
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Philip K. Dick has had many movies based on his stories, including the classic, Blade Runner.
“Dick was...one of the genuine visionaries that North American fiction has produced in this century.” ―L.A. Weekly
“This work is radically different from the famous science fiction author's past successes. It is a mood piece, a somber study of two young couples...a curious, oddly compelling book....Turning each page...the reader feels an odd suspense and a reluctance to abandon these four unpredictable but somehow endearing people.” ―Booklist on Puttering About in a Small Land
“Dick here writes plainly about life in California, the vagaries of love, and the struggle, sometimes spiritual, to survive....These are real people Dick is writing about, the kind of morally complicated people you might find in any nearby store, and they each have their own dramas.” ―Rain Taxi on In Milton Lumky Territory
“[Dick] reworks the territory of soured domesticity (á la Richard Yates and John Updike) in a working-class milieu anticipating Raymond Carver. Decades later, his oeuvre (like Philip Roth's) is lovingly enshrined in our national pantheon.” ―Los Angeles Times on Voices from the Street
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Written in the late 1950s but unpublished until after his death, this is one of Dick's greatest realistic novels.When Roger and Virginia Lindhal enroll their son Gregg in Mrs Alt's Los Padres Valley School in the mountains of Southern California, their marriage is already in deep trouble. Then the Lindhals meet Chic and Liz Bonner, whose two sons also board at Mrs Alt's school.The meeting is a catalyst for a complicated series of emotions and traumas, set against the backdrop of suburban Los Angeles in the early 1950s. As Roger, Virginia, Chic and Liz orbit each other in ever-decaying circles, their lives threaten to run out of control.This is a realistic novel filled with details of everyday life and skilfully told from three points of view. It is powerful, eloquent, and gripping. One of Dick's earliest books, only published after his death, this is the story of four people's lives, loves and families crashing into each other, with traumatic consequences. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780575132061
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