Niceman Cometh - Softcover

Carpenter, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0889843074 ISBN 13: 9780889843073

Publisher: Porcupine's Quill, 2008

Synopsis

Carpenter's voice captures both the bleakness and the unexpected joys of life. Filled with moments of high humour but grounded by the sense of defeat and rejection that we all face, this novel provides an insight into the human condition, its foibles, its delights and its lunacy.

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About the Author

David Carpenter spent his first twenty-three years in Edmonton, working during the summers as a car hop, a driver for Brewster Rocky Mountain Grayline, a fish stocker, a trail guide, and a folksinger. He read French and German at the University of Alberta to indifferent effect. He graduated and taught high school in Edmonton until 1965, then migrated south to do an M.A. in English at the University of Oregon. He returned to Canada in 1967 and once again taught school until the summer of 1969,

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`All through June and July, Glory clung to the following resolution: under no circumstances would she allow herself to be ambushed by Ricky Bullerd... She might run the risk of seeing him at his old game, trolling for bimbos.... She even resolved never to turn the dial to CHAF Radio, in case she happened to hear his patter on Night Howl.... Ricky was a man with a dream, a golden voice, and a fatal flaw. He was flesh-foolish. He wanted to be loved by great armies of women, he craved it.'

Edition details

• Publisher: Porcupine's Quill
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0889843074
• ISBN 13: 9780889843073
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176