Preston Falls A Novel

Name: Preston Falls A Novel
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ISBN: 9780679756439

ISBN-10: 0679756434

ISBN-13: 9780679756439

Edition: N/A

Authors: David Gates

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"Beautifully written.... Gates [has a] pitch-perfect ear for contemporary speech...and...[a] keen, journalistic eye."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times In this comic, fiercely compassionate novel, David Gates, whose first novel Jernigan was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, sends his protagonist on a visceral journey to the dark side of suburban masculinity, explores the claims youth makes on middle age, and the tenacious --at times perverse--power of love to assert itself. When Doug Willis has a mid-life crisis, he doesn't join a gym or have an affair. Instead he gets himself arrested while camping with his wife and kids, takes a two month leave of absence from his PR job, and…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/6/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.56" wide x 8.56" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English