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From Away: A Novel Paperback - 2011
by Carkeet, David
- Used
- Paperback
Denny Braintree, a wisecracking loner devoted to model trains,finds himself stranded in late-winter Vermont. His night at the hotel beginswith promise, but then his prospective one-night stand walks out on him.Leaving town, Denny is mistaken for look-a-like Homer Dumpling, a popularnative son who mysteriously disappeared from town three years earlier.Instead of correcting the mistake, Denny dons his new identity as easily asa Vermonterďs winter fleece, and a good thing tooÕthe woman he had hoped tosleep with has turned up dead, and Denny is the chief suspect.
As Denny tries to unravel the mystery, he struggles to hide his trueidentity from Homerďs increasingly suspicious circle of family and friends,including Homerďs prickly girlfriend. In Denny, Carkeet has crafted afast-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: A Novel
- Author Carkeet, David
- Binding Paperback
- Condition New
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher The Overlook Press
- Date 2011-03-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # 1590204417_used
- ISBN 9781590204412 / 1590204417
- Weight 0.81 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 8.8 x 5.85 x 0.75 in (22.35 x 14.86 x 1.91 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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