REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
by Yates, Richard
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
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Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
A Fine copy in special dust-jacket of Yates' first novel.
Synopsis
Revolutionary Road, the first novel of author Richard Yates, was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1962 along with Catch-22 and The Moviegoer. When it was published by Atlantic-Little, Brown in 1961, it received critical acclaim, and the New York Times reviewed it as "beautifully crafted... a remarkable and deeply troubling book. " In 2005 the novel was chosen by Time as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present.
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- Bookseller
- Waugh Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000489
- Title
- REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
- Author
- Yates, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1961
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General; Classics
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