"Underground Christmas" is the story of a man named Jay who has come rather late to his midlife crisis. Nearing fifty, Jay finds himself dislocated by a divorce (from a lesbian wife) and by his only child's attempted suicide. Seeking stability, he has taken a temporary teaching position at his alma mater, St. Andrew's College (which sounds suspiciously like Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, where Jon taught creative writing for seventeen years). The book opens in the school's potting shed, which in earlier ...
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"Underground Christmas" is the story of a man named Jay who has come rather late to his midlife crisis. Nearing fifty, Jay finds himself dislocated by a divorce (from a lesbian wife) and by his only child's attempted suicide. Seeking stability, he has taken a temporary teaching position at his alma mater, St. Andrew's College (which sounds suspiciously like Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, where Jon taught creative writing for seventeen years). The book opens in the school's potting shed, which in earlier days had been a root cellar, where Jay and his close friend Charlie, who is on the brink of ordination to the priesthood, are part of a small Christmas Eve gathering.
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Seller's Description:
Johnston, Charles J. Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 62 p. Audience: General/trade. AS NEW--VERY NICE COPY--VERY SLIGHT SHELF WARE--TEXT CLEAN AND TIGHT--GIFT--STILL HAS LOTS OF GREAT READS LEFT--1 ST. ED. --1 ST. PRINTING
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Good+ No Dust Jacket. Size: 9x6x0; Signed by author! Pictorial boards, no dust jacket (otherwise very good). Light fade to top edge of front cover. Signed and inscribed by Jon Hassler. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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New in New jacket. Christmas Story. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed New. Signed and dated, by the author on the title page. The dust jacket is in new mylar.
