Described by Stanley Elkin as this country's best-kept literary secret and a lost American classic, W. M. Spackman is one of the finest writers of the twentieth century. This omnibus edition includes all five of the author's previously published novels: Heyday (and here presented with revisions the author made shortly before his death); and the critically acclaimed novels published between 1978 and 1985: An Armful of Warm Girl (1978), A Presence with Secrets (1980), A Difference of Design (1983), and A Little Decorum, for ...
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Described by Stanley Elkin as this country's best-kept literary secret and a lost American classic, W. M. Spackman is one of the finest writers of the twentieth century. This omnibus edition includes all five of the author's previously published novels: Heyday (and here presented with revisions the author made shortly before his death); and the critically acclaimed novels published between 1978 and 1985: An Armful of Warm Girl (1978), A Presence with Secrets (1980), A Difference of Design (1983), and A Little Decorum, for Once (1985). The novel As I Sauntered Out, One Midcentury Morning is published here for the first time, as well as the author's only two short stories.
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Very Good. 1564781372. A paperback original with creasing to the front cover. An omnibus edition containing his five previously published novels, his last, unpublished novel, and his only two short stories. Edited and with an afterword by Steven Moore.; 634 pages.