305pp. Black cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine. A fine copy in very good+ price-clipped dustjacket with mild toning and wear along the edges. ; Octavo.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer, 1943-1954, by Jeffrey Cartwright

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf, New York

Publication Date

1972

Language

English

ISBN 10

0394480090

ISBN 13

9780394480091

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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Fiction and Literature

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Synopsis

Edwin Mullhouse, a novelist at 10, is mysteriously dead at 11. As a memorial, Edwin's bestfriend, Jeffrey Cartwright, decides that the life of this great American writer must be told. He follows Edwin's development from his preverbal first noises through his love for comic books to the fulfillment of his literary genius in the remarkable novel, Cartoons.

About the Author

Steven Millhauser is the author of numerous works of fiction, including Martin Dressler, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1997, and, more recently, We Others: New and Selected Stories, winner of The Story Prize and a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. His work has been translated into 15 languages, and his story “Eisenheim the Illusionist” was the basis of the 2006 film The Illusionist. He teaches at Skidmore College and lives in Saratoga Springs, New York.

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