The Roaring Girl
by Hollingshead, Greg
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399142223
- ISBN 13
- 9780399142222
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1997. BE4 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket endlfaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps and labels on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front fixed and free endpapers, and the copyright page. The dust jacket shows very miinor overall shelf wear with a library label on the spine plus the front and back endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A collection of short stories by a noted Canadian writer of the form. He is noted for characterizations of genuine, sincere people who feel out of step in their worlds struggling to maintain order, and to connect with their families and peers. By the author of "White Buick" and "Spin Dry." 196p.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Synopsis
From “an eerily original, powerfully moving distinctive voice” (Time Out) comes a collection of funny, disturbing suburban tales that invite comparisons to Raymond Carver and Flannery O’Connor. Winner of Canada’s Governor-General’s Literary Award.
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- Seller
- Bookmarc's
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- SCW09473
- Title
- The Roaring Girl
- Author
- Hollingshead, Greg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399142223
- ISBN 13
- 9780399142222
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Fiction Literary Canadian Literature Short Fiction Short Story Short Stories Canadian Author Canadian Authors Canadian Writer Canadian Writers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Short Stories; Literature / Literary Short Stories; Fiction / Modern Fiction Firsts;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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