Darconville's Cat
by Theroux, Alexander
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 038515951X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385159517
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; 2nd state. Hardcover. 038515951X . Remainder speckle. Mild wear to dustjacket. Now protected in a clear mylar cover. ; Black square on page 483 indicates 2nd state. ; Remainder; 704 pages .
Reviews
On Dec 2 2008, Suddaby said:
I read this book some years ago and decided I wanted to read it again. The author was a professor of English Literature and the main character in the novel is a professor of English at a girls' college.
The book is either autobiographical, or part of the author's daydreams. Anyway, it is a marvellous book that uses more strange language and ideas than any other book I have read. He invents words that sound exactly as they should in the circumstances where he uses them. I hope the book was not autobiographical because Darconville is of such a character that he would be thrown out of most schools. The names of the other characters are marvellous inventions that hopefully could not offend anyone as I could hardle imagine anyone with a name like Hypsipyle Poore or Miss Xystine Chappelle or Mrs. McAwaddle and many more with names that almost describe the person. It is a delight and not surprising that Alexander Theroux is quoted many times in "The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Words"
Good reading,
Arnold Goldman, Mr. Suddaby's Bookshop, Blairgowrie, Australia.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Time Traveler Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39152
- Title
- Darconville's Cat
- Author
- Theroux, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; 2nd state
- ISBN 10
- 038515951X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385159517
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- 038515951X
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