Carl Reinhart, in this fourth of Thomas Berger's Reinhart novels, is middle-aged, unemployed, and dependent on his glamorous model-daughter Winona. He remains fascinated not only with women but with cooking--and, in fact, thanks to one of Winona's friends, he actually gets to be a chef on his own TV show. Berger's black comedy has been called one of the funniest books ever written, and his perennial hero Reinhart compared to Updike's Rabbit as the quintessential hero for the second half of the 20th century.
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Carl Reinhart, in this fourth of Thomas Berger's Reinhart novels, is middle-aged, unemployed, and dependent on his glamorous model-daughter Winona. He remains fascinated not only with women but with cooking--and, in fact, thanks to one of Winona's friends, he actually gets to be a chef on his own TV show. Berger's black comedy has been called one of the funniest books ever written, and his perennial hero Reinhart compared to Updike's Rabbit as the quintessential hero for the second half of the 20th century.
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Ex-library usual stamps and markings Good condition but not perfect, Cover has minor nicks and tears, spine shows some creases from use. Ask Questions and request photos if your buying for the cover and not the content. STOCK PHOTOS MAY VARY FROM THE ACTUAL ITEM. ACTUAL PHOTOS AVAIL. UPON REQUEST.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x6x1; No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear to boards and jacket, some scuffing to jacket faces; Carl Reinhart, in this fourth of Thomas Berger's Reinhart novels, is middle-aged, unemployed, and dependent on his glamorous model-daughter Winona. He remains fascinated not only with women but with cooking--and, in fact, thanks to one of Winona's friends, he actually gets to be a chef on his own TV show. Berger's black comedy has been called one of the funniest books ever written, and his perennial hero Reinhart compared to Updike's Rabbit as the quintessential hero for the second half of the 20th century.
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Fine in very good + jacket. 8vo. Quarter black cloth, and gray boards, with gilt spine lettering. 295 pages. No names or marks. Illustrated dust-jacket (with price intact) has slight wear along to edge, else Fine. The first edition, first printing of the fourth volume of the Reinhart series.
