Irv Bender knew the meaning of devotionhe had sacrificed his own chance for a college education so that his beloved brother Babe could go. But it is Irv, not Babe, who will become the family achiever. As half-owner of a summer camp in the Poconos, he earns more than enough to become his brother s keeperand a discreetly benevolent uncle to his partner, Mandy Mershheimer, the novelist; his talented, attractive niece, Suzanne; and his protege and assistant, Larry Driscoll. But it is the nature of benevolence to breed ...
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Irv Bender knew the meaning of devotionhe had sacrificed his own chance for a college education so that his beloved brother Babe could go. But it is Irv, not Babe, who will become the family achiever. As half-owner of a summer camp in the Poconos, he earns more than enough to become his brother s keeperand a discreetly benevolent uncle to his partner, Mandy Mershheimer, the novelist; his talented, attractive niece, Suzanne; and his protege and assistant, Larry Driscoll. But it is the nature of benevolence to breed resentments. And it is the nature of good intentions to frequently yield unforeseen pain. Julia Markus s remarkable novel is a rich, compressed story of the complex relationships between family and friends, and of one man making peace with the past. "Uncle" won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award in 1978. Julia Markus, an English professor at Hofstra University, received the Houghton Mifflin Literary Award for her first novel, "Uncle," which was followed by three well-received novels, "American Rose," "Friends Along the Way" and "A Change of Luck," as well as her critically acclaimed biographies, "Dared and Done: The Marriage of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning" and "Across An Untried Sea: Discovering Lives Hidden in the Shadow of Convention and Time." She has won a National Endowment for the Arts grant and two National Endowment for the Humanities grants. Her most recent book is "J. Anthony Froude: The Last Undiscovered Great Victorian." Delighting and illuminating "The New York Times Book Review" A beautiful book of complicated moral vision "Chicago Sun-Times" Uncle portrays a lifetime in the sparest of needlepoints. "Newsweek""
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Good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Usual stamps & stickers; DJ in mylar cover (see photo); text shows very little wear; top edge shows light soiling; no creases. 176 p. Raven S...Audience: General/trade.
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Very Good. Book Mass Market Paperback. VG in yellow pictorial wraps. Clean, unmarked. 189 pp. A loner, Irv Bender finds satisfaction in being supportive and encouraging to his brother, to his brother's children, and to Larry, his friend and lover, until one by one, each betrays him.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s) First Edition. Inscribed by Author. Brown hardcover with gilt lettering to spine and front in Fine condition. Clipped DJ Very Good with some edgewear to spine ends and top rear.
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Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. 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.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. 170 p. Audience: General/trade. REVIEW COPY with publisher's slip laid in. Shadow of price sticker on front pastedown, else a crisp, unread copy in Fine dust jacket.
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NF. First Edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Dust soili ng to the edges of the book's upper page block. Dust soiling and some tanning to the dust jacket's panels and spine.
