WITHOUT A HERO
by T. CORAGHESSAN BOYLE
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
This is the Advance Uncorrected Proofs of Without a Hero, the fourth collection of short stories by the American author T. Coraghessan Boyle. The book would be published in 1994; this proof is from 1993.
It is covered by a plastic printing of the cover which would be used on the final book. This plastic wrap is not attached to the spine (it never was).
It was sent to a journalist for review. She did not review it, but did sign one of the title pages and date it 1997.
Other than that, there is not a mark on it. It's in mint condition.
Synopsis
T.C. Boyle was first feted as a master of the short story for his critically acclaimed Greasy Lake . With these stories applauded by People magazine as "wickedly comical," he displays once again a virtuosity and versatility rare in literary America today. Without a Hero zooms in on American phenomena such as a center for the treatment of acquisitive disorders; a couple in search of the last toads on earth; and a real estate wonder boy on a dude safari near convenient Bakerfield, California. Sharp, guileful, and malevolently funny, Boyle's stories are "more than funny, better than wicked," says The Philadelphia Inquirer . "They make you cringe with their clarity."
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Details
- Seller
- Louise Aird (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1550
- Title
- WITHOUT A HERO
- Author
- T. CORAGHESSAN BOYLE
- Format/Binding
- Perfect
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Advance Uncorrected Proofs
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 234
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Story Collections; Rare; American Fiction;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....