A Summons to Memphis
by TAYLOR, Peter
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0394410629
- ISBN 13
- 9780394410623
- Seller
-
Wadsworth, Illinois, United States
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Synopsis
A Summons to Memphis is a 1986 novel by Peter Taylor which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1987. It is the recollection of Phillip Carver, a middle aged editor from New York City, who is summoned back to Memphis by his two conniving unmarried sisters to help them prevent the marriage of their elderly father to a younger woman.
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- Seller
- Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 163318
- Title
- A Summons to Memphis
- Author
- TAYLOR, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394410629
- ISBN 13
- 9780394410623
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Literature
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