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Two More Stories of the Port William Membership
by Wendell Berry
ISBN: 0917788648
ISBN-13: 9780917788642
Format: Paperback
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Summary
These stories of the Penns and the Catletts include "A Friend of Mine," which revolves around Elton Penn, whose existence in Berry's rich fictional world dates back to A PLACE ON EARTH, and "The Inheritors," in which the aging (and failing) lawyer, Wheeler Catlett, drives fast and precariously down a Kentucky highway in the wrong lane-and survives.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Gnomon Distribution
Published date: 1997
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 0.6 pounds
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