Donald Antrim?s mother Louanne was a difficult woman: an operatically suicidal, chainsmoking, delusional alcoholic who even when sober believed that her cat Merlin was a descendant of the Arthurian necromancer. Seeing his own life bound up in her relentless deterioration, Donald Antrim embarks on this strange, marvellous memoir in an attempt to make sense of his mother and her legacy. A series of tragic-comic adventures in psychological dysfunction, Antrim?s personal journey takes him wandering across the Southern states of ...
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Donald Antrim?s mother Louanne was a difficult woman: an operatically suicidal, chainsmoking, delusional alcoholic who even when sober believed that her cat Merlin was a descendant of the Arthurian necromancer. Seeing his own life bound up in her relentless deterioration, Donald Antrim embarks on this strange, marvellous memoir in an attempt to make sense of his mother and her legacy. A series of tragic-comic adventures in psychological dysfunction, Antrim?s personal journey takes him wandering across the Southern states of America, tracing the bust-ups, reconciliations, and migrations of his warring parents. Gradually he unpicks the stories of his childhood, and the characters: his handsome sportsman uncle; his hardworking, bewildered Episcopalian grandparents; and his mother herself - alarming, melodramatic, manipulative, reckless and brave. This is a vivid, unmissable Technicolor slideshow of a memoir.
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Very Good. Size: 8x5x0; Hardcover in very good condition. Minor edge wear to dust jacket. Cover in great shape. Binding is secure. Clean pages free of writing, marks or tears. Buy with confidence! 100% satisfaction guaranteed.
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Stated First Edition 2006, first printing with full number line in fine / like new condition. The pages are clean and crisp with no bent corners. Boards are as new, and the spine is square and tight. The dust jacket is clean and undamaged. The book is in excellent condition with an unclipped DJ, and no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
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Fine. No Jacket. The advance reading copy of his fourth book, first work of nonfiction, a memoir written after the death of his mother. Fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Binding very slightly cocked, else fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of toning. A memoir of the complicated relationship between the author and his mother.
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Fine. First edition. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. Advance Reader's Copy with publisher's letter laid in. A memoir of the complicated relationship between the author and his mother.