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THE BEAST GOD FORGOT TO INVENT. Stories
by Harrison, Jim
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0871138212
- ISBN 13
- 9780871138217
- Seller
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Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. These are stories of humans and beasts, of culture and wildness, of men driven crazy by longing and of men who dream they are becoming bears. A man near the end of his life becomes part of an odd band of caretakers for a younnger man whose brain has been damaged in a motorcycle accident, the civilization shaken out of him. Watching over this unmanned man, the hero becomes mindful of his own mortality and excess of civility. In "Westward Ho," Brown Dog, a Michigan Indian, wanders the wilds of Los Angeles, tracking the ersatz Native activist with whom he fled the police in Michigan and who's now disappeared with his bearskin. Ogling girls, sleeping in the botanic garden, and working as a driver to a drunk screenwriter, he eventually comes face-to-face with his ex-friend and with the difference between the world he's been visiting and the world to which he's going home. And more. 274pp. From the estate of Beef Torrey, writer, raconteur, and close friend of the author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ed Smith Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13800
- Title
- THE BEAST GOD FORGOT TO INVENT. Stories
- Author
- Harrison, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0871138212
- ISBN 13
- 9780871138217
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- signed by the author, short fiction, modern literature, native American, Brown Dog
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About the Seller
Ed Smith Books
Biblio member since 2009
Bainbridge Island, Washington
About Ed Smith Books
Ed Smith Books specializes in better condition modern literary first editions, signed books, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material and pop culture. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. We are located a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, WA on Bainbridge Island. Since 1985 (ABAA since 1995). Two authors we specialize in are Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. Open by appointment.
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