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Higgins, George V., Victories
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The time is 1968. Henry Briggs, retired baseball player now working as a game warden in Vermont, is picked by politician Ed Cobb to run for the Democratic seat in a Congressional race. His opponent, Wainwright, is approaching 80 and has been in office for as long as anyone can remember. But various people begin to delve into the past when Russ Wixton, a newspaperman, decides to do features on Briggs and a hometown boy returning in a casket from Vietnam. While early portions of the novel seem laden with digressions and superfluous characters, Higgins, as one might expect, pulls everything together in time for a satisfying ending. Spanning more than 20 years, this cynical, crusty novel will reward serious readers who stay with it. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 7/90.
- Robert H. Donahugh, formerly with Youngstown & Mahoning Cty. P.L., Ohio
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Publishers Weekly
In a tale advanced mainly through conversations, Henry Briggs, an Occident, Vt., game warden and retired baseball star, is persuaded to challenge a long-incumbent Republican for a Congressional seat. "Pitch-perfect dialogue and credible characters . . . who act from complex, generations-old motives give this story a lasting power," said PW.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherKensington Pub Corp
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0821735667
- ISBN 13 9780821735664
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
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