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Traces the coming of age of Jarvis Loop, who grows up in an urban working class neighborhood that has deteriorated to near-slum conditions
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Rosenthal makes a brave debut in this original novel. A family history set in the 1940s and '50s in a deteriorating neighborhood in Erie, Pa., the book is narrated by Jarvis Loop Jr. in a veritably loopy, roundabout manner. His father, Red, is a larger-than-life working man with both a violent and a soft streakhe fears nothing and terrorizes his family and his neighbors out of contrariness. Jarvis's mother has retreated into a confused religious fanaticism, while other assorted family members discover their own forms of escape from the ghetto. Jarvis's voice is acerbically funny; like a slow-acting acid, the humor comes first, the pain of disintegration second. At times hard to follow because it skips around chronologically, this novel will leave a mark; the characters are toughly philosophical and memorable. And Rosenthal hasn't closed off his loop; he is at work on a sequel, which will with luck make things clearer, or perhaps, as he intends, still more provocatively confused.
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Hardcover. First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Fine in Near Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows only the mildest rubbing; price intact; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club. NOT Ex-Library. 8vo. 233pp. Hardback with DJ. A family history set in the 1940s and '50s in a deteriorating neighborhood in Erie, Pa., the book is narrated by Jarvis Loop Jr. in a veritably loopy, roundabout manner. This novel will leave a mark; the characters are toughly philosophical and memorable. Seller Inventory # 33053
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Loop's Progress Rosenthal, Chuck
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Condition: Collectible; Very Good. [SIGNED] New York: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1986. Hardcover in pictorial dust jacket. First Edition First Printing. 232, (2) pages. SIGNED and inscribed by author on front blank page. Rosenthal's first novel. Very good overall condition; no owner marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (shelf3). Seller Inventory # JC8-QZL-J0H
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