BOB THE GAMBLER.
Barthelme, Frederick.
From Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since November 6, 1997
From Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since November 6, 1997
About this Item
SIGNED hardcover first edition - First printing. Set in Biloxi, Mississippi, and described as "A wonderfully crackball love story in which Ray and Jewel Kaiser try out the Paradise casino and what curious things happen to them; what tricks of chance involving, among others, Jewel's fourteen-year-old daughter RV, the casino and its personnel, Ray's dead father, and a mother convinced that a sitcom star is visiting across the street from her house" this darkly funny novel has dustjacket praise from such authors as John Barth, Robert Olen Butler and more. Barthelme has also written eloquently in the New Yorker magazine about his own real problems with gambling. SIGNED on the title page. 213 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 64246
Bibliographic Details
Title: BOB THE GAMBLER.
Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. dj
Binding: Soft cover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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