Bruce Jay Friedman has been hailed by critics as a comic genius, a writer whose vision confronts the malaise of contemporary life with a liberating deadpan humor. Grove Press is proud to reissue one of the classic novels by this acclaimed master of modern humor. About Harry Towns is the story of the eponymous screenwriter, a man reveling in the freewheeling atmosphere of the early 1970s, a bicoastal playboy with a broken marriage and a child he rarely sees. But when his perfectly constructed life begins to spin out of ...
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Bruce Jay Friedman has been hailed by critics as a comic genius, a writer whose vision confronts the malaise of contemporary life with a liberating deadpan humor. Grove Press is proud to reissue one of the classic novels by this acclaimed master of modern humor. About Harry Towns is the story of the eponymous screenwriter, a man reveling in the freewheeling atmosphere of the early 1970s, a bicoastal playboy with a broken marriage and a child he rarely sees. But when his perfectly constructed life begins to spin out of control, he must decide to pick up the scattered pieces of his past to begin anew. Praise for About Harry Towns: "A goddamn heartbreaking delight and you are a fool if you miss it. Friedman has created a character unique, haunting, and completely memorable in stories which tickle, depress, gouge below the belt and at second or third reading hold up as nothing less than a joy." -- The Washington Post Book World
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**STOCK PHOTOS AND CATALOG INFO MAY VARY FROM ACTUAL BOOK, PLEASE REFER TO SELLER PHOTOS AND ITEM DESCRIPTION FOR MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION. THE SELLER PHOTO SHOWS THE EXACT COPY YOU WILL RECEIVE** This is a used book in VERY GOOD condition, meaning it has very minor or unnoticeable defects. Hardcover edition. Includes original dust jacket.
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Good in Good jacket. Ex Libris. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Jacket lightly tanning with edgewear. Boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Prior owner name and notation on fep.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. A Very Good copy in brown cloth lettered in gold, in a Very Good dust jacket with a vertical crease to the rear flap (not price-clipped). Light tanning at the outer edges of the text block, clean/unmarked within. (Not ex-library. )
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039448178X. SIGNED and inscribed on free front endpaper by the author/playwright; near fine in near fine dust jacket, in fresh mylar; very subtle discoloring to jacket (almost imperceptible), a hint of spine lean else a clean tight unmarked copy in an unclipped jacket; appears unread.
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Good. First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Good dust jacket. Stamped on page edges. From the library of American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter William Safire. (literature, novel)
