Published by New York: W. W. Norton, 2011, 2011
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Dubus, Andre, 1959-. Townie. A Memoir. New York: W. W. Norton, 2011, 3d printing, stated First Edition, 387pp., very good dust-jacket, light wear to spine as dj was perhaps set apart from book during reading, good brown and blue hardcover, spine a bit rubbed. SIGNED with a squiggle on title page over his name / AND: boldly INSCRIBED across entire dedication page For *** Here's to you a good life! And SIGNED hugley Andre. After their parents divorce in the 1970's, Andre Dubus III and his three siblings grew up with their exhausted working mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town saturated with drugs and crime. To protect himself and those he loved from street violence, Andre learned to use his fists so well that he was even scared of himself. He was on a fast track to getting killed, or killing someone else, or to beatings-for-pay as a boxer. Nearby, his father, an eminent author, taught on a college campus and took the kids out on Sundays. The clash of worlds couldn't have been more stark or more difficult for a son to communicate to a father. Only by becoming a writer himself could Andre begin to bridge the abyss and save himself. ISBN 9780393064667.
Published by E. P. Dutton, New York NY, 1989
ISBN 10: 0525246916 ISBN 13: 9780525246916
Seller: Longs Peak Book Company, Loveland, CO, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: USED_FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Passion and betrayal, violent desperation, ambivalent love that hinges on hatred, and the quest for acceptance by those who stand on the edge of society-these are the hard-hitting themes of a stunningly crafted debut collection of seven stories by the bestselling author of House of Sand and Fog. This copy, a first printing is in fine condition, simply signed by the author on the title page at the 2019 Tucson Book Festival with a bright price-intact dustjacket in clear mylar covering. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).