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New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. Uncorrected Proof. Trade paperback. Fine. This is a proof copy, issued in printed yellow wrappers prior to the first edition.
Paradise is one of McMurtry's late, enigmatic non-fiction books, here described on the dust jacket as "an inviting travel book [about a voyage to Tahiti] and an insightful reflection on his parents' marriage." On its face, not the most promising of premises, but it's useful to remember that McMurtry was a fine writer. Your cataloguer's wife, herself a novelist and non-fiction writer, read Paradise on our recent trip to Tahiti. Her first response was, "Well, I guess if you are Larry McMurtry and you write 30,000 words on Tahiti, they let you publish it as a book." A few months later, when the book came up in conversation, she added to her initial assessment: "That book on Tahiti is fucking amazing."
159 pages. Fine paperback, with the publisher's information sticker on the front cover.
Paradise is one of McMurtry's late, enigmatic non-fiction books, here described on the dust jacket as "an inviting travel book [about a voyage to Tahiti] and an insightful reflection on his parents' marriage." On its face, not the most promising of premises, but it's useful to remember that McMurtry was a fine writer. Your cataloguer's wife, herself a novelist and non-fiction writer, read Paradise on our recent trip to Tahiti. Her first response was, "Well, I guess if you are Larry McMurtry and you write 30,000 words on Tahiti, they let you publish it as a book." A few months later, when the book came up in conversation, she added to her initial assessment: "That book on Tahiti is fucking amazing."
159 pages. Fine paperback, with the publisher's information sticker on the front cover.
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- Seller
- Downtown Brown Books, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 362806
- Title
- Paradise [Proof]
- Author
- McMurtry, Larry
- Format/Binding
- Trade paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- mf33
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION; TRAVEL & EXPLORATION;
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