Synopsis
A wittily ironic look at the academic world concerns the fortunes of Rimrose, a disaster-prone yet brilliant would-be author, and his enemy, the lamentable voyeur Kakapick, who always beats Rimrose in the bureaucratic rat race of The University. National ad/promo.
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Review
"A wonderful story. . . . quality fiction with staying power."--"Library Journal"
"Absorbing . . . a true rarity . . . passages rich with author Harris's love and understanding of his craft. . . . Rimrose's struggles to forge art from life fascinate."--"Publishers Weekly"
"A plot that carries no spare parts and a 'gentle reader' style of address combine with Dickensian characters to give the feel of a classic. . . . A wry, self-referential story that exalts the writer, trounces the critic, and avows that both are liars. Sic semper Mark Harris."--"Kirkus Reviews"
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Rimrose was well-read, smart, and strong. As editor of the campus 'Sentinel, ' he was perfectly placed to observe how a university worked, and ideally inclined to expose its ethical weaknesses. Rimrose-Tale Maker of the title-turns from journalism to fiction-writing, kept alive by his wife's practical and ingenious devotion to selling his stories, even those he has tossed in the trash. As he grows older and begets children, he worries about income and faces stultifying choices: managing his father's small-town newspaper or playing politics in university service.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A wittily ironic look at the academic world concerns the fortunes of Rimrose, a disaster-prone yet brilliant would-be author, and his enemy, the lamentable voyeur Kakapick, who always beats Rimrose in the bureaucratic rat race of The University. National ad/promo. Former library book. Mylar protector included. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # 123570114
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc, 1994. INSCRIBED / SIGNED / DATED (October 12, 1994) by the AUTHOR directly on the front free endpaper. The nearly full page inscription is to a graduate of the same high school that Harris attended. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Fine dust jacket. NO chips, tears, rubbing, creases or fading. NOT price clipped ($21.00). NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. By the author of BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY. 1994. First printing of the First Edition with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Bound in the original beige boards with a red spine stamped in black. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "A wittily ironic look at the academic world concerns the fortunes of Rimrose, a disaster-prone yet brilliant would-be author, and his enemy, the lamentable voyeur Kakapick, who always beats Rimrose in the bureaucratic rat race of The University.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. (viii), 215pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Seller Inventory # 026991
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