The Blonde on the Street Corner (Midnight Classics) - Softcover

Goodis, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1852424478 ISBN 13: 9781852424473

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 1998

Synopsis

'She took a final drag at the cigarette, flipped it away, and said, I don't get this line of talk. It's way over my head... Maybe you're waiting for some dream girl to come along in a coach drawn by six white horses, and she'll pick you up and haul you away to the clouds, where it's all milk and honey and springtime all year around. Maybe that's what you're waiting for. That dream girl."' But the dream girl doesn't come. In the meantime Ralph must deal with the yearnings of everyday life and take what's offered. Written in 1954, The Blonde on the Street Corner is full of the passions and desires that are the hallmarks of a David Goodis novel.

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Review:

His books are a lethally potent cocktail of surreal description, brilliant language, cracker barrel philosophy and gripping obsession (Adrian Wootton, BFI ?You must buy this book ? you will read it in a couple of hours but you will want to read it again and again and again? Word)

From the Back Cover:

'She took a final drag at the cigarette, flipped it away, and said, "I don't get this line of talk. It's way over my head. I think you have been reading fairy-tales, or something. Maybe you're waiting for some dream girl to come along in a coach drawn by six white horses, and she'll pick you up and haul you away to the clouds, where it's all milk and honey and springtime all year around. Maybe that's what you're waiting for. That dream girl." "Maybe," he murmured. And then he looked at the blonde. His smile was soft and friendly and he said, "I guess thats why I can't stay with you. I'm waiting for the dream girl."'

But the dream does not come. In the meantime Ralph must deal with the yearnings of everyday life and take what he is offered.

Written in 1954, The Blonde on the Corner is full of the passions and desires that are the hallmarks of a David Goodis novel.

'His books are a lethally potent cocktail of surreal description, brilliant language, cracker barrel philosophy and gripping obsession.' Adrian Wooton

About this edition

• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1852424478
• ISBN 13: 9781852424473
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160