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- Hardcover
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Seller: Charles Berry, Bookseller, Lakeport, CA, U.S.A.Charles Berry, Bookseller
AbeBooks seller since March 5, 2026
Condition: Used - Very good
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First edition (stated) hardcover in excellent, near-pristine condition (slightest handling, tiny remainder dot on the lower page edges, bookstore theft sensor inside the front cover under the DJ flap), with VG dust jacket (slightest wear, front panel excellent, light areas of the spine and back panel very slightly soiled, protected by a clear, removeable cover to prevent further soiling). 306 pages. [1.5 lbs].
Seller Inventory # 59634
- Title
- Driving on the Rim
- Author
- Thomas McGuane
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1400041554
- ISBN 13
- 9781400041558
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction
The unforgettable voyager of this dark comic journey is I. B. Berl Pickett, M.D., the die of whose uncharmed life was probably cast as soon as his mother got the bright idea to name him after Irving Berlin. The boyhood insults to any chance of normalcy piled on apace thereafter: the traumatizing, spasmodic spectacle of Pentecostalist Sunday worship; the socially inhibitory accompaniment of his parents on their itinerant rug-shampooing business; the undue technical advancement and emotional retardation that ensued from his erotic initiation at the hands of his aunt. What would have become of this soul had he not gone to medical school, thanks to the surrogate parenting of a local physician and solitary bird hunter?
But there is meaning to life beyond professional accreditation, even in the noblest of callings. Berls been on a mission to find it these past few years, though with scant equipment or basis for hope. Hard to say (for the moment anyway) whether his mission has been aided or set back by his having fallen under suspicion of negligent homicide in the death of his former lover. All the same, being ostracized by virtually all his colleagues at the clinic gives him something to chew on: the reality of small-town living as total surveillance more than any semblance of fellowship, even among folks youve known your whole life.
Fortunately, for Berl, it doesnt take a village. And he will find his deliverance in continuing to practice medicine one way or another, as well as in the few human connections he has made, wittingly or not, over the years. The landscape, too, will furnish a hint in what might yet prove, if not a certifiable epiphany, a semi-spiritual awakening in I. B. Pickett, M.D., the inglorious but sole hero of Thomas McGuanes uproarious and profound exploration of the threads by which we all are hanging.
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Charles Berry, Bookseller
Lakeport, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since March 5, 2026
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I started selling used books in 1985 in Davis, California, and online in 1998. I enjoy the process of using language to fully describe the advantages and blemishes of each book. Language can capture details that a photograph might miss, but if you are visually-oriented, I am happy to send a photo--please include your phone number, since it is easier to send a picture via text than email. I am of "mature" years, but will continue to sell books as long as I am able: I enjoy it too much! I am a mere temporary custodian, sending each book to its ultimate shelf--the one where it is appreciated the most.…
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