From Away Hardcover. - 2010 - 1st Edition
by Carkeet, David
- Used
- Hardcover
David Carkeet's previous novels have been covered in glory bycritics and gained him a loyal following, but in From Away he hascreated a masterpiece-a brilliant comic novel that is also a finely wroughtmystery.
Denny Braintree, a wisecracking loner devoted to modeltrains, finds himself stranded in late-winter Vermont. His night at thehotel begins with promise, but then his prospective one-night stand walksout on him. Leaving town, Denny is mistaken for look-a-like Homer Dumpling,a popular native son who mysteriously disappeared from town three yearsearlier. Instead of correcting the mistake, Denny dons his new identity aseasily as a Vermonter's winter fleece, and a good thing too-the woman he hadhoped to sleep with has turned up dead, and Denny is the chiefsuspect.
As Denny tries to unravel the mystery, he struggles to hidehis true identity from Homer's increasingly suspicious circle of family andfriends, including Homer's prickly girlfriend. In Denny, Carkeet has crafteda fast- talking bumbler whose instinct for survival will face the ultimatechallenge, with readers cheering him on all the way..
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- Title From Away
- Author Carkeet, David
- Binding Hardcover.
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Vg/Vg Wear And Edgewear. Pages: 288.
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Overlook Press, New York
- Date 2010
- Bookseller's Inventory # MASTER224947I
- ISBN 9781590203040 / 1590203046
- Weight 1.24 lbs (0.56 kg)
- Dimensions 9.25 x 6.25 x 1 in (23.50 x 15.88 x 2.54 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Vermont
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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