Buy this book on-line James Magnuson : Famous Writers I Have KnownW. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, 2014 ISBN 9780393240887
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AN0 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by James Magnuson with "Congratulations!" written on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and chipping on the edges and corners, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, some wrinkling on the spine edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. 8.5"x5.75", 313 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. IN this brilliant mix of literary satire and crime caper, Frankie Abandonato, a small-time con man on the run, finds refuge by posing as V. S. Mohle - a famously reclusive writer - and teaching in a prestigious writing program somewhere in Texas. Streetwise and semiliterate, Frankie finds that being treated as a genius agrees with him. The program has been funded by Rex Schoeninger, the world's richest novelist, who is dying. Buzzards are circling, angling for the remains of Rex's fortune, and Frankie quickly realizes that he has been presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. Complicating matters is the fact that Rex is haunted by a twenty-five-year feud with the shadowy Mohle. What rankles Rex is that, while he has written fifty bestsellers and never gotten an ounce of literary respect, Mohle wrote one slender novel, disappeared into the woods, and become an icon. Determined to come to terms with his past, Rex has arranged to bring his rival to Texas, only to find himself facing off against an imposter. Famous Writers I Have Known is not just an unforgettable literary romp but also a surprisingly tender take on two men one a scam artist frantic to be believed, the other an old lion desperate to be remembered.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of James Magnuson : Famous Writers I Have Known. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, incunabula, used books, out of print books and collectables. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |