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The Voice of the Butterfly
by Nichols, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0811832015
- ISBN 13
- 9780811832014
- Seller
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Eureka, California, United States
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About This Item
Chronicle Books, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 240 pages. A novel. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. One inch of printer's glue on bottom of page block. With pulisher's press release laid in.
A dazzling, darkly comic novel by the author of the "The Milagro Beanfield War" and "The Sterile Cuckoo, The Voice of the Butterfly" harnesses Nichols' vintage wit to fresh, hilariously scathing effect. Charley McFarland is an aging '60s radical, continuing proponent of losing battles, and resident of Suicide City, an amalgam of CFCs, SUVs, strip mines, and strip malls. When Suicide City's new highway bypass threatens the home of the exquisitely obscure Rocky Mountain Phistic Copper Butterfly, he knows it's time to rally the troops. Charley's dysfunctional Butterfly Coalition includes the ancient, chainsmoking Lydia Babcock, who owns the butterflies' turf; Susan Delgado, a ballistic local reporter smitten with Charley; Charley's somewhat-baffling, Gen-X son, Luther; and Charley's estranged wife, Kelly, now homeless and self-destructive, but a weirdly brilliant strategist in the fight against the powers-that-be. Kelly and Charley, in love and at each other's throats, relish the butterfly's cause as their last, best chance at reconciliation. But as the crusade's momentum builds, the chaotic relationships driving it on also threaten to tear it apart. Funny, profane, and touching, Nichols' raucous new novel is a knowing look at ideals held and surrendered, and a wild ride through the lunacies of our postmodern age.
A dazzling, darkly comic novel by the author of the "The Milagro Beanfield War" and "The Sterile Cuckoo, The Voice of the Butterfly" harnesses Nichols' vintage wit to fresh, hilariously scathing effect. Charley McFarland is an aging '60s radical, continuing proponent of losing battles, and resident of Suicide City, an amalgam of CFCs, SUVs, strip mines, and strip malls. When Suicide City's new highway bypass threatens the home of the exquisitely obscure Rocky Mountain Phistic Copper Butterfly, he knows it's time to rally the troops. Charley's dysfunctional Butterfly Coalition includes the ancient, chainsmoking Lydia Babcock, who owns the butterflies' turf; Susan Delgado, a ballistic local reporter smitten with Charley; Charley's somewhat-baffling, Gen-X son, Luther; and Charley's estranged wife, Kelly, now homeless and self-destructive, but a weirdly brilliant strategist in the fight against the powers-that-be. Kelly and Charley, in love and at each other's throats, relish the butterfly's cause as their last, best chance at reconciliation. But as the crusade's momentum builds, the chaotic relationships driving it on also threaten to tear it apart. Funny, profane, and touching, Nichols' raucous new novel is a knowing look at ideals held and surrendered, and a wild ride through the lunacies of our postmodern age.
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- Bookseller
- Eureka Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 281070
- Title
- The Voice of the Butterfly
- Author
- Nichols, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0811832015
- ISBN 13
- 9780811832014
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 2001
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