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Waveland
by Frederick Barthelme
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385527292
- ISBN 13
- 9780385527293
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 2009. SIGNED. 1st/1st. NF/F. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line starting with 1. Signed by Frederick Barthelme on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean boards. Indentation/bump to spine crown. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($24.95) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 5 1/2" X 8 3/4" tall. 229 pages.
According to the New York Times, "Waveland is either a funny novel about a sad middle-aged man or a sad novel about a funny middle-aged man."
Set amidst the tatters of post-Katrina Gulf Coast Mississippi, partially retired architect Vaughn Williams does what he can to remain "viable". Battling the doldrums of midlife, he teaches an occasional class, reads the newspapers, scours the Internet, and thinks obsessively about his late father. When his ex-wife seeks refuge from her hotheaded boyfriend, Vaughn and his girlfriend, Greta, agree to let her move in, perhaps a little too cavalierly. Add in Vaughan's annoyingly successful younger brother, who carries a torch for Vaughn's ex-wife, and the result is an emotionally resonant tale of mortality, love, regret, and redemption that is unique to Barthelme's style.
Synopsis
Frederick Barthelme is the author of fourteen books of fiction, the most recent of which, Elroy Nights , was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. He is also the coauthor, with his brother Steve Barthelme, of the acclaimed memoir Double Down . He directs the writing program at the University of Southern Mississippi and edits the Mississippi Review .
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- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3043
- Title
- Waveland
- Author
- Frederick Barthelme
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385527292
- ISBN 13
- 9780385527293
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- hurricane Katrina, gulf coast, Mississippi
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Signed Books;
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