Baxter dives into the undercurrents of middle-class American life in these eleven arresting, often mesmerizing stories. Whether they know it or not, Baxter's characters are floating above an abyss of unruly desire, inexplicable dread, unforeseen tragedy, and sudden moments of grace. A drunken graduate student hurtles cheerfully through a snowstorm to rescue a fiancee who no longer wants him. A hospital maintenance worker makes a perverse bid for his place in the sunlight of celebrity. A man and a woman who have lost their ...
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Baxter dives into the undercurrents of middle-class American life in these eleven arresting, often mesmerizing stories. Whether they know it or not, Baxter's characters are floating above an abyss of unruly desire, inexplicable dread, unforeseen tragedy, and sudden moments of grace. A drunken graduate student hurtles cheerfully through a snowstorm to rescue a fiancee who no longer wants him. A hospital maintenance worker makes a perverse bid for his place in the sunlight of celebrity. A man and a woman who have lost their only child cling fiercely to the one thing they have left of her--their grief. Lit by the quiet lightning of Baxter's prose, Through the Safety Net is filled with rare artistry and feeling.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Fine with a remainder mark on the bottom page edge in a near fine dust jacket with a shallow chip on the rear panel.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0670804770. First edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. About fine in like dust jacket.; Signed by Author.
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Remainder mark to bottom bulked edge of text, slight foxing to top edge. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Critically acclaimed author's second book, a collection of stories, SIGNED by him on the title page.
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About Fine. Uncorrected Proof in printed red wraps of this critically acclaimed author's second book, a collection of stories. Publisher's business card stapled to the front cover with the ink comment: "A fine collection." Publication date of 7/25 also in light crayon on cover.
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Fine book in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. 216 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Neil Stuart. His 2nd book. 11 short stories dealing with middle class people who live restlessly in a culture in which the rewards for success are advertised and upward mobility is an article of faith. Signed by Baxter on the title page. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. Price clipped. A beautiful copy!
