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When the 20-year-old protagonist of this novel is expelled from college, he decides to work on a Rhode Island scallop trawler, just Paul Watkins himself did in his youth.



CALM AT SUNSET, CALM AT DAWN

by Watkins, Paul

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Book desription: Berlin: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. Hardcover First edition Fine in Fine DJ The second novel by this American writer educated in Great Britain and highly praised for his novels about W.W.I and W.W.II. His first novel NIGHT OVER DAY OVER NIGHT was nominated for the Booker Prize and this won the Encore Prize for best second novel. A pristine copy still in publishers shrink-wrap, with "Network- Not For Resale" stamped on the bottom edge, with a printed publicity release for this title laid-in. (Network was H-M's marketing of advanced copies to booksellers of selected titles.)

  • Bookseller: Alexander Rare Books US (US)
  • Bookseller Inventory #: 1847
  • Format/binding: Hardcover
  • Book condition: Fine in Fine DJ
  • Quantity available: 1
  • Edition: First edition
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 10: 0395509599
  • ISBN 13: 9780395509593
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin,
  • Place: Berlin:
  • Date published: 1989.
  • Subjects: FICTION / General;

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