A Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard Yates by Bailey, Blake - 2003

Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Picador USA, 2003. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Picador USA, 2003. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Picador, 2003. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

UsedAcceptable. This copy has some heavy shelf wear, particularly on the dust jacket which has a fair amount of chips and tears.. The pages are clean, free of underlining, highlighting or notes. The binding is tight. This would make a great reading/studying copy!

Picador, 2003-07-01. 1. hardcover. Used: Good.

Hardcover. Very Good.

New York: Picador, 2003. Cloth, xii, 671 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Tips lightly bumped. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "Yates's life was a tragicomic disaster. The favorite child of an unstable, impecunious mother, Yates described his youth as a 'hysterical odyssey' through Depression-era America and beyond, from Westchester to Paris to Greenwich Village and back again, hounded by creditors every step of the way. Such an ordeal was the goad that made Yates determined to reveal the truth, no matter how bleak, that people like his mother tend to bury beneath layers of every delusion. "The most important thing," he liked to say, 'is not to tell or live a lie.' What emerges from these pages is a man of fascinating contradictions. A 'gentlemen of the old school' who was rarely seen in public without a Brooks Brothers suit and… Read More

Picador, 2003. 671pp. Black hardback, DJ flaps glued to inside covers, EX-LIB, minimal markings, index, chapter notes, footnotes, b&w photos, A Tragic Honesty : The Life and Work of Richard Yates, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.