The Falling Boy

David Long

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Language: English

Published by Scribner, New York, NY, 1997

0684800349 / 9780684800349

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First Edition (1997) : First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Fine in Fine DJ: The Book is flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no discernible imperfections; Virtually 'As New'. The DJ is flawless; the price ($22.00) is unclipped. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.75 x 6 x 1 inches) . Language: English. Weight: 16.8 ounces. Deckle fore-edge. Hardcover with DJ. David Long is the author also of The Daughters of Simon Lamoreaux, Blue Spruce, The Inhabited World, and Home Fires. He was born in Boston, 1948, an only child. He was raised in rural Massachusetts. He attended college in Albion, Michigan, married Susy Schweinsberg, and managed to stay out of the war. Attended graduate school at the University of Montana in Missoula, became a student of Richard Hugo, William Kittredge, and Madeline Defrees. He worked for MT's Writers in the Schools program, moved to Kalispell in the Flathead Valley, He and Susy had two boys, Montana and Jackson. He wrote fiction, played in a blues band (Tut & the Uncommons). There are lots of great novels about adultery, but it's rare to read one as pitch perfect as "The Falling Boy." There are lots of great novels with intriguing characters, good dialogue and a great setting but it's rare to find all three. "The Falling Boy" is a beautifully rendered work by an artist. You have the feeling that every page was chiseled from stone--and the product of a rich, penetrating imagination. The writing isn't fussy stuff. It's not look-at-me sentences and show-off prose. It's well-grounded, real and gives you the feeling you could walk into The Vagabond Café or down the main street of Sperry, Montana in the 1950s, where and when "The Falling Boy" is set. Long's prose style has been compared to John Updike's and that's apt. Long's vocabulary is more restrained, but he is just as poetic. There's an effortless feel to Long's prose, though much care has clearly gone into the work. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages.

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Title
The Falling Boy
Author
David Long
Publisher
Scribner, New York, NY
Publication year
1997
Condition
Fine
Dust jacket
Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0684800349
ISBN 13
9780684800349
Edition
First Edition; First Printing.

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