Aransas - A Novel

by Harrigan, Stephen

First Edition

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Book desription: NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1980. First novel by the author of the epic novel "The Gates of the Alamo". A New York Times Notable Book of 1980. Listed in A.C. Greene's 50+ Best Books on Texas. Greene says: " A readable and exciting tale of a boy and a man in Texas doing an unusual job in an unusual place....about finding your place in life in the place where life has put you....and the actions and ideals you may or may not adopt in the face of some severe and dangerous opposition." Blurbs by Max Apple, Ann Beattie. Set in Port Aransas, a fishing port on the Gulf of Mexico [the Texas Gulf Coast] with the protagonist Jeff Dowling "summoned from the Santa Fe counterculture by an old family friend, one Dude Granger, to work in a porpoise show, the final installment of Dude's restless schemes to develop the Gulf Coast town." - front flap. Village Voice: " Harrigan...is literate and clever, and he uses the reader's pop familiarity with the Big Fish genre - from Melville's and Benchley's totemic fish-bites-man tales to the homey success of the Flipper films....to his savvy advantage....Harrigan has written an acute American regional novel." The Kansas City Star: "The American novel may not be dying, but it is ailing...Maybe the form will be brought back to health by young novelists like Stephen Harrigan and first novels such as his Aransas." Stephen Harrigan has written well on many Texas topics and situations. His essays about Texas culture and natural history [collected in 'A Natural State' and 'Comanche Midnight'] are as insightful as his fiction. x, 262pp. Beige quarter-cloth, cream paper boards, copper gilt spine and front cover lettering, aqua top-stain, deckled fore-edge. Dust Jacket price 9.95. Beautiful Wendell Minor painting wraps-around complete dust jacket.. Book and dust jacket are unblemished. No remainder markings. Review copy with Advance praise card laid-in. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Signed copies of this title are scarce, especially in this wonderful condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket/Fine. Illus. by Dust Jacket Design By Wendell Minor; Typography and Binding Design By Virginia Tan. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy.

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