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The Year of the Zinc Penny: A Novel
by DeMarinis, Rick
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0060973390
- ISBN 13
- 9780060973391
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: HarperCollins Publishers, 1990. BI6 - A trade paperback withdrawn ex-library book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated tan wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus the usual library marks, stamp, and pocket on the front and back endpapers and title page plus a remainder mark on the bottom outside paper edges plus some very light yellowing of the outside paper edges. A bittersweet novel about a boy's growing up in Los Angeles during World War II and 1943 specifically. This author is noted for a somewhat dark perception of his characters' responses to the human condition, but also that good things happen in the world too, often when they are least expected. By the author of "Under the Wheat," "The Burning Women of Far Cry," and "The Comint Triumps of the Free World." 174p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Synopsis
RICK DEMARINIS is the author of several novels and collections of short fiction. His stories have appeared in Harper's, Antaeus, Story, Epoch, and many others. In 1990 he received a Literature Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
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- Seller
- Bookmarc's
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- Seller's Inventory #
- SCW03654
- Title
- The Year of the Zinc Penny: A Novel
- Author
- DeMarinis, Rick
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0060973390
- ISBN 13
- 9780060973391
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Literature Literary Fiction California Los Angeles Mothers and Sons
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction: Historical; Fiction: Historical / US Historical Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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