Breece D'J Pancake, a writer of astonishing power and grace, streaked across the literary sky like a comet. His remarkably promising career was cut short when he took his own life at age twenty-six. This collection is his luminous legacy.
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Breece D'J Pancake, a writer of astonishing power and grace, streaked across the literary sky like a comet. His remarkably promising career was cut short when he took his own life at age twenty-six. This collection is his luminous legacy.
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Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1983. 1st edition. 8vo Hardcover. 178pp. Very Good book and Good dust jacket. Owner's name on front endpage. With remainder mark. (short stories, literature, anthology) Inquire if you need further information.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. Foreword by James Alan McPherson. Afterword by John Casey. Slight toning on endpapers from binder's glue, else near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip on the front flap fold. In the 1983 *New York Times* review written by Joyce Carol Oates she praises the author's posthumous collection stating: "Twelve stories, set in an impoverished region of West Virginia, by a young writer of such extraordinary gifts that one is tempted to compare his debut to Hemingway's." Contains a short blurb by Margaret Atwood on the front flap. Author's first book.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Foreword by James Alan McPherson. Afterword by John Casey. Tiny bump on bottom edge of front board, else fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing, and slight uneven sunning on the spine. In a 1983 *New York Times* review written by Joyce Carol Oates she praises the author's posthumous collection stating: "Twelve stories, set in an impoverished region of West Virginia, by a young writer of such extraordinary gifts that one is tempted to compare his debut to Hemingway's." Contains a short blurb by Margaret Atwood on the front flap. Author's first book.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Foreword by James Alan McPherson. Afterword by John Casey. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. In a 1983 *New York Times* review written by Joyce Carol Oates she praises the author's posthumous collection stating: "Twelve stories, set in an impoverished region of West Virginia, by a young writer of such extraordinary gifts that one is tempted to compare his debut to Hemingway's." Contains a short blurb by Margaret Atwood on the front flap. Author's first book.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Foreword by James Alan McPherson. Afterword by John Casey. Fine in an about fine dust jacket with a tiny nick at the crown. In a 1983 *New York Times* review written by Joyce Carol Oates she praises the author's posthumous collection stating: "Twelve stories, set in an impoverished region of West Virginia, by a young writer of such extraordinary gifts that one is tempted to compare his debut to Hemingway's." Contains a short blurb by Margaret Atwood on the front flap. Author's first book.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Foreword by James Alan McPherson. Afterword by John Casey. Fine in an else fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing on the front flap fold. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. In a 1983 *New York Times* review written by Joyce Carol Oates she praises the author's posthumous collection stating: "Twelve stories, set in an impoverished region of West Virginia, by a young writer of such extraordinary gifts that one is tempted to compare his debut to Hemingway's." Contains a short blurb by Margaret Atwood on the front flap. Author's first book.
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NEAR FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J. FIRST PRINTING / FOREWORD BY JAMES ALAN MCPHERSON AND AFTERWORD BY JOHN CASEY. BOOK IS ABOUT FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT OTHER THAN SOME MODEST FOXING TO THE EDGES OF THE TEXT BLOCK. D.J. IS LIGHTLY RUBBED AT THE CORNERS, A COUPLE OF TINY TEARS ALONG THE TOP EDGE, WITH SOME LIGHT COLOR-FADE TO THE SPINE PANEL, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT NICE CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK.
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Fine. Uncorrected proof. Foreword by James Alan McPherson. Afterword by John Casey. About fine in printed wrappers. In a 1983 *New York Times* review written by Joyce Carol Oates she praises the author's posthumous collection stating: "Twelve stories, set in an impoverished region of West Virginia, by a young writer of such extraordinary gifts that one is tempted to compare his debut to Hemingway's." Author's first book.
I was turned on to Breece's work after reading Larry Brown's novella "96 Days," in which he mentions writers being driven to suicide. I dare say that had Breece survived and steadily developed his writing over these years to an even greater level of excellence, and, of course, tried his hand at writing novels, he would easily stand alongside the likes of Cormac McCarthy.