QUITTING THE NAIROBI TRIO by Jim Knipfel - First Edition - 2000 - from A Scholar's Tale Booksellers and Biblio.com

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Knipfel, author of SLACKJAW and columnist for the New York Press, writes about his six-month residency in the "bin." Committed to a psychiatric ward after a failed suicide attempt, Knipfel's compulsive observations and cynical commentary on both his ward mates and himself are humorous, insightful, and utterly human. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000.

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"QUITTING THE NAIROBI TRIBE is a zany lark of a read, written by someone who seems to have a hard time taking his own existential despair seriously. Knifpel...is a gifted stylist with a truly original take on things...."

QUITTING THE NAIROBI TRIO

by Knipfel, Jim

First Edition

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Book description: New York: J.P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2000 First printing. 285 p. ; 21 cm NF condition in like dustjacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Bookseller: A Scholar's Tale Booksellers (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 2428
Format/binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1585420271
ISBN 13: 9781585420278
Publisher: J.P. Tarcher/Putnam
Place: New York
Date published: 2000
Pages: 285
Size: 5.75 x 8.5 x 1 inches
Weight: 1 pounds
Keywords: Knipfel, Jim--Mental health.
Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / General;

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