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Synopsis
Dreaming of becoming the world's greatest writer, twenty-five-year-old Slater Brown receives a gift from a mysterious man that leads to a job at a failing newspaper that is rescued from the brink of collapse by his witty columns about San Francisco's colorful residents, including gorgeous chess champion Callio de Quincy. A first novel. 35,000 first printing.
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About the Author
Rodes Fishburne has been published in the New Yorker, the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, and Forbes ASAP, where he was the editor of the acclaimed “Big Issue,” an annual magazine of literary essays from leading writers and thinkers. He is a member of the Grotto, a San Francisco writers’ collective. Going to See the Elephant is his first novel.
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Rodes Fishburne's highly praised, delightfully whimsical.sweet, comic (USA TODAY) first novel is about a young, wide-eyed, innocent writer and his adventures in San Francisco. WHAT IF WE TOLD YOU YOU'RE ABOUT TO READ? . . . an adventure story, a love story, a story about growing up? ? He got the idea for the novel from a ferocious thunderstorm in Alaska that trapped him in a tent for twenty-one days with only a pair of headphones and a Walkman radio You'll understand when you read the book. BECAUSE A SMALL POCKET RADIO TRANSFORMS OUR MAIN CHARACTER FROM THE GREATEST UNKNOWN WRITER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD . . . TO THE MOST POWERFUL NEWSPAPERMAN ON THE WEST COAST. So is it any wonder the story was selected for the San Francisco Chronicle's Notable Books and the Denver Post's Editor's Pick? Or for that matter, Amazon's Best Books of the Month, the Indie Next List, The Week magazine's Must Reads, and San Francisco magazine's Hot List? IS IT ROMANTIC, YOU ASK? CLEVER? MAGICAL? IT'S ALL OF THOSE, WE'D SAY. IN FACT . . . Seller Inventory # 00089759680
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Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Rodes Fishburne's highly praised, delightfully whimsical.sweet, comic (USA TODAY) first novel is about a young, wide-eyed, innocent writer and his adventures in San Francisco. WHAT IF WE TOLD YOU YOU'RE ABOUT TO READ? . . . an adventure story, a love story, a story about growing up? ? He got the idea for the novel from a ferocious thunderstorm in Alaska that trapped him in a tent for twenty-one days with only a pair of headphones and a Walkman radio You'll understand when you read the book. BECAUSE A SMALL POCKET RADIO TRANSFORMS OUR MAIN CHARACTER FROM THE GREATEST UNKNOWN WRITER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD . . . TO THE MOST POWERFUL NEWSPAPERMAN ON THE WEST COAST. So is it any wonder the story was selected for the San Francisco Chronicle's Notable Books and the Denver Post's Editor's Pick? Or for that matter, Amazon's Best Books of the Month, the Indie Next List, The Week magazine's Must Reads, and San Francisco magazine's Hot List? IS IT ROMANTIC, YOU ASK? CLEVER? MAGICAL? IT'S ALL OF THOSE, WE'D SAY. IN FACT . . . Seller Inventory # 00098592529
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Rodes Fishburne's highly praised, delightfully whimsical.sweet, comic (USA TODAY) first novel is about a young, wide-eyed, innocent writer and his adventures in San Francisco. WHAT IF WE TOLD YOU YOU'RE ABOUT TO READ? . . . an adventure story, a love story, a story about growing up? ? He got the idea for the novel from a ferocious thunderstorm in Alaska that trapped him in a tent for twenty-one days with only a pair of headphones and a Walkman radio You'll understand when you read the book. BECAUSE A SMALL POCKET RADIO TRANSFORMS OUR MAIN CHARACTER FROM THE GREATEST UNKNOWN WRITER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD . . . TO THE MOST POWERFUL NEWSPAPERMAN ON THE WEST COAST. So is it any wonder the story was selected for the San Francisco Chronicle's Notable Books and the Denver Post's Editor's Pick? Or for that matter, Amazon's Best Books of the Month, the Indie Next List, The Week magazine's Must Reads, and San Francisco magazine's Hot List? IS IT ROMANTIC, YOU ASK? CLEVER? MAGICAL? IT'S ALL OF THOSE, WE'D SAY. IN FACT . . . Seller Inventory # CIN038534239XG
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Rodes Fishburne's highly praised, delightfully whimsical.sweet, comic (USA TODAY) first novel is about a young, wide-eyed, innocent writer and his adventures in San Francisco. WHAT IF WE TOLD YOU YOU'RE ABOUT TO READ? . . . an adventure story, a love story, a story about growing up? ? He got the idea for the novel from a ferocious thunderstorm in Alaska that trapped him in a tent for twenty-one days with only a pair of headphones and a Walkman radio You'll understand when you read the book. BECAUSE A SMALL POCKET RADIO TRANSFORMS OUR MAIN CHARACTER FROM THE GREATEST UNKNOWN WRITER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD . . . TO THE MOST POWERFUL NEWSPAPERMAN ON THE WEST COAST. So is it any wonder the story was selected for the San Francisco Chronicle's Notable Books and the Denver Post's Editor's Pick? Or for that matter, Amazon's Best Books of the Month, the Indie Next List, The Week magazine's Must Reads, and San Francisco magazine's Hot List? IS IT ROMANTIC, YOU ASK? CLEVER? MAGICAL? IT'S ALL OF THOSE, WE'D SAY. IN FACT . . . Seller Inventory # CIN038534239XVG
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dreaming of becoming the world's greatest writer, twenty-five-year-old Slater Brown receives a gift from a mysterious man that leads to a job at a failing newspaper that is rescued from the brink of collapse by his witty columns about San Francisco's colorful residents, including gorgeous chess champion Callio de Quincy. A first novel. 35,000 first printing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Mylar protector included. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Seller Inventory # 123712225