Development
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin October 2010, 2010
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Uncharted Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Uncharted Books
AbeBooks seller since May 15, 2018
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 5.85
Quantity: 1 available
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Uncharted Books is a brick-and-mortar used and rare bookstore in Chicago since 2012.
Seller Inventory # 1864
- Title
- Development
- Author
- John Barth
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin October 2010
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0547394500
- ISBN 13
- 9780547394503
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction, Short Stories
From one of our most celebrated masters, a touching, comic, deeply humane collection of linked stories about surprising developments in a gated community
"I find myself inclined to set down for whomever, before my memory goes kaput altogether, some account of our little community, in particular of what Margie and I consider to have been its most interesting hour: the summer of the Peeping Tom."
Something has disturbed the comfortably retired denizens of a pristine Florida-style gated community in Chesapeake Bay country. In the dawn of the new millennium and the evening of their lives, these empty nesters discover that their tidy enclave can be as colorful, shocking, and surreal as any of John Barth's fictional locales.
From the high jinks of a toga party to marital infidelities, a baffling suicide pact, and the sudden, apocalyptic destruction of the short-lived development, Barth brings mordant humor and compassion to the lives of characters we all know well. From "one of the most prodigally gifted comic novelists writing in English today" (Newsweek), The Development is John Barth at his most accessible and sympathetic best.
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Uncharted Books
Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since May 15, 2018
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Uncharted Books is an independent brick-and-mortar bookstore in Chicago. We sell a highly curated selection of used books, zines, and rare titles, with a focus on the literary, the local, the strange, and the adventurous. We are a small, scrappy, DIY business that has been serving our community since 2012. We especially pride ourselves on our eclectic selection, our unique and cozy atmosphere, and our knowledgeable and friendly staff.
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Uncharted Books Inc.
3632 N Western Ave
Chicago, IL U.S.A. 60618
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