A Fan's Notes: A Fictional Memoir

F. Exley

ISBN 10: 0140030573 / ISBN 13: 9780140030570

Published by Penguin, 1970

About this Item

1970 Penguin Paperback 1st Edition 1st Impression. Very good+ clean tight binding with wonderful 70's cover design as shown.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1562840322569

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Fan's Notes: A Fictional Memoir
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140030573
• ISBN 13: 9780140030570
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • 20th Century Penguin Fiction

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Synopsis

Christmas nverting fact into fiction and fantasy into fact, Exley - part Ulysses, part Orpheus - battles through the American nightmare in his efforts to defeat the American dream of intellectual conformity and material success. A staggering original new talent.

Review

Frederick Exley recounts his life as the son of a hero-worshipped high school athlete who is doomed to be a spectator not only of sports, but of life. From irresponsible drifter, to dreamer of impossible dreams, to drunkard, to frequent patient at an asylum, Exley carried baggage from his childhood through much of his adult life, never feeling he could escape the dark cloud of expectation that hung over him. When Frank Gifford, former New York Giants backfield star, is injured, Exley is jolted into painful realisations about his life and a confession.