TYPICAL OF THE TIMES/WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN? [FIRST PRINTING]
Clarke, Jaime; Martens, Charlie
Language: English
Published by Roundabout Press, 2022
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- Softcover
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New, no dust jacket as issued. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line, paperback original. New, unread copy. A stream-of-consciousness memoir by the author of “We're So Famous” and “Garden Lakes”. Bound as a double with “What Was the Question Again?” by Charlie Martens, the antihero of the trilogy of novels “Vernon Downs”, “World Gone Water”, and “Garden Lakes” by Jaime Clarke. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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- Title
- TYPICAL OF THE TIMES/WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN? [FIRST PRINTING]
- Author
- Clarke, Jaime; Martens, Charlie
- Publisher
- Roundabout Press
- Publication year
- 2022
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- No dust Jacket as issued
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1948072084
- ISBN 13
- 9781948072083
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
What Was the Question Again? by Charlie Martens, the antihero of the trilogy of novels Vernon Downs, World Gone Water, and Garden Lakes by Jaime Clarke, carries on the tradition of Michel de Montaigne’s introspective investigations into the expanse of human existence, from the mundane to the deeply profound.
Jaime Clarke is a graduate of the University of Arizona and holds an MFA from Bennington College. He is the author of the novels We're So Famous, Vernon Downs, World Gone Water, and Garden Lakes; editor of the anthologies Don't You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes, Conversations with Jonathan Lethem, and Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers; and co-editor of the anthologies No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine (with Mary Cotton) and Boston Noir 2: The Classics (with Dennis Lehane and Mary Cotton). He is a founding editor of the literary magazine Post Road, now published at Boston College, and co-owner, with his wife, of Newtonville Books, an independent bookstore in Boston.
Charlie Martens is the protagonist of the novels Vernon Downs, World Gone Water, and Garden Lakes by Jaime Clarke.
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