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Misfit
The Strange Life of Frederick Exley
by Jonathan Yardley
ISBN: 0742511596
ISBN-13: 9780742511590
Format: Paperback
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Summary
A biography of novelist Frederick Exley (1929-92), from his youth in a small upstate New York town, to the auto accident that ended his football career, to the publication of his one novel (the autobiographical "A Fan's Notes") that is considered great, as well as several lesser works.
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"...Yardley proves tough and objective in re-creating Exley's life....'Misfit' adds a dark, factual foundation to Exley's one lasting book."
-- Kirkus
"How closely did the real-life Exley resemble his literary alter-ego...? How was Exley able to transform his wrecked existence into 'one of the few monuments of post-war American fiction?' Mr. Yardley is uniquely qualified to answer such questions."
-- Wall Street Journal
"...Yardley has undertaken to explain what was so singular about Fred Exley, whose literary persona Yardley rates as a great character of American literature, up there with Huckleberry Finn." -- Ralph B. Sipper
-- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"Yardley...struggles to perform honorably by a writer he manifestly admires....[H]e opts for a thesis-driven rather than a story-based account....Yardley's gift for resonant summary circumvents a numbing docket of dissipation." -- Robert Polito
-- New York Times Book Review
"Yardley's biography of Frederick Exley is likely to be of interest to die-hard Exley fans, but it won't make converts." -- Robert Faggen
-- Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Yardley has set himself a thankless task, and he seems to know it. But he earns near-redemption, and surely a measure of thanks, for a prologue that not only places 'A Fan's Notes' in the American canon...but also examines the huge obstacles facing modern American fiction writers..." -- Kate Tuttle
-- Boston Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Natl Book Network
Published date: 2001
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 0.8 pounds
Pages: 288
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YARDLEY, JONATHAN
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD, 2001. Brand new. <br>Author: YARDLEY, JONATHAN<br>Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD<br>Year Of Publication: 2001<br>Pages: 288<br>Publication Country: USA<br>Dimensions: 229 x 152<br>Format: paperback<br>Frederick Exley's story reveals a singluar personality: raunchy, vulgar, self-centred, and infanitle, yet also loyal, self-deprecating and unfailingly humorous. This portrait gives us a man who sacrificed everything in order to write and who became his ow ( more information) Offered by A Green Hippo (United Kingdom)
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Yardley, Jonathan
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.. PAPERBACK. 0742511596 New with very slight shelf wear from time on shelf (like you'd see at a major chain). We ship daily, provide personalized customer service and want you to have a great experience purchasing from us. Thank you for your consideration. . New. ( more information) Offered by BennettBooksLtd (United States)
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