True Grit - Softcover

Portis, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 146830125X ISBN 13: 9781468301250

Publisher: Overlook Pr, 2012

Synopsis

True Grit is a great American novel that tells the story of a teenager’s overpowering effort to avenge the murder of her father. Set in a period in history when the law was much less well-established than it is now, True Grit takes its place alongside books like To Kill a Mockingbird and the novels of Mark Twain. It is a beloved American classic through and through. Leonard S. Marcus, renowned children’s book historian, has written a wonderful afterword meant especially for a young readership, available only in this edition.

About this title

Review:

‘Charles Portis is perhaps the most original, indescribable sui generis talent overlooked by literary culture in America’ -- Esquire

‘Comparable to her literary ancestor and fellow southerner, Huckleberry Finn … a gripping story made up of insightful digressions’ -- Observer

‘It is a pleasure to be able to recommend a novel wholeheartedly … an instant classic’ -- Newsday

‘Portis achieves the same blackly comic atmosphere as modern western writers like Annie Proulx and Thomas McGuane’ -- Time Out

‘The best novel to come my way for a very long time … What a writer!’ -- Roald Dahl

Book Description:

The new Coen brothers' film, starring Matt Damon and Jeff Bridges, in cinemas from February 2011

About this edition

• Publisher: Overlook Pr
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 146830125X
• ISBN 13: 9781468301250
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268