Paper Trails: True Stories of Confusion, Mindless Violence, and Forbidden Desires, a Surprising Number of Which Are Not about Marriage - Softcover

Dexter, Pete

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061189367 ISBN 13: 9780061189364

Publisher: Ecco Press, 2013

Synopsis

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About this title

Review:

"[A] literary feat--when Dexter gets going he crawls under the skin and stays there."--New York Times Book Review

[Dexter's pieces] read like finely honed short stories....Their spare, haunting scenes echo Hemingway, their insights Faulkner.--Cleveland Plain Dealer

PAPER TRAILS is what great newspaper writing is all about.--Washington Post Book World

"A jewel box of muscular writing..."--Denver Post

"Pete Dexter is a master story teller in all forms... This is the work of a great American writer."--Michael Connelly

"Lovers of fine writing ought to give a serious consideration to Pete Dexter's new book."--Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"Laugh-out-loud stories...Ideal for... writers and any book lover who appreciates a good story."--Library Journal

"Paper Trails is a master class in tight, effective writing."--St. Petersburg Times

"The author's true eye for detail makes for easy reading."--Kirkus Reviews

"Paper Trails will stir nostalgia for those who remember a time when newspapers prided themselves on cutting loose, colorful writers..."--Columbus Dispatch

About the Author:

Pete Dexter is the author of the National Book Award-winning novel Paris Trout and five other novels: God's Pocket, Deadwood, Brotherly Love, The Paperboy, and Train. He has been a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News and the Sacramento Bee, and has contributed to many magazines, including Esquire, Sports Illustrated, and Playboy. His screenplays include Rush and Mulholland Falls. Dexter was born in Michigan and raised in Georgia, Illinois, and eastern South Dakota. He lives on an island off the coast of Washington.

Rob Fleder was executive editor of Sports Illustrated and the editor of SI Books during his twenty years at Time Inc. He was the editor of Sports Illustrated 50th Anniversary Book, Sports Illustrated: The Baseball Book, Sports Illustrated: The Football Book, and Hate Mail from Cheerleaders, among other New York Times bestsellers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0061189367
• ISBN 13: 9780061189364
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336