OUT OF STEP; NOTES FROM A PURPLE DECADE.

Yardley, Jonathan.

ISBN 10: 0394589106 / ISBN 13: 9780394589107

Published by New York: Villard Books - Random House, Inc., 1991., 1991

About this Item

First edition, first printing (per Random House's contemporary practice of a requisite statement for former and latter being determined by number line ending in "2" upon copyright page) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. xvi, 264 pages. Hardcover; H 21.5cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Black cloth spine and purple boards. A collection of essays on various topics organized within three sections: "The Lit'ry Scene;" "The American Scene;" and "My Scene." All the essays are compiled from the author's columns in The Washington Post. A fine crisp copy in a near fine dust jacket with Yardley's signature upon the title page. ISBN 0394589106.

Seller Inventory # Z626X-10325

Bibliographic Details

• Title: OUT OF STEP; NOTES FROM A PURPLE DECADE.
• Publisher: New York: Villard Books - Random House, Inc., 1991.
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394589106
• ISBN 13: 9780394589107
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary Criticism

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Synopsis

Reassesses ten years of American cultural life, in a collection of articles and essays that includes such sections as "The Lit'ry Scene," "The American Scene," and "My Scene"

Reviews

For the nearly ten years Yardley has been book critic and columnist for the Washington Post , he has never pandered to the public in his commentary. Divided into three sections (literary, social, and personal commentaries), this book provides a collection of Yardley's opinions--among them, the state of the contemporary novel; the upstart Brat Pack novelists; the lowering of standards in education, ethics, and culture--that are as insightful as they are well written. The book serves well as a commentary on life in the Eighties as well as an excellent introduction to Yardley's readable style and curmudgeonly views.
- Martin J. Hudacs, Solanco H.S., Quarryville, Pa.
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