DEADWOOD

Pete Dexter - SIGNED FIRST EDITION HARDBACK

ISBN 10: 039453669X / ISBN 13: 9780394536699

Published by Random House New York, 1986

About this Item

Scarce as a signed first, and one of the most sought after books on the internet. When I bought this I noticed the number line began with a '2'. When I enquired about this I was told Random House do this often. So, I merely report. It also says 'FIRST EDITION' in capital letters beneath the number line. That being said, this is a beautiful book, by a great writer. The signature is without dedication, the jacket is unclipped and protected. Language: eng Language: eng.

Seller Inventory # ABE-18187458616

Bibliographic Details

• Title: DEADWOOD
• Publisher: Random House New York
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039453669X
• ISBN 13: 9780394536699
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author

About this title

Synopsis

Deadwood, South Dakota, during the Black Hills gold rush of the 1870s, becomes the setting for this novel populated by Wild Bill Hickok, his sidekick Charley Utter, Calamity Jane, and other famous Old West characters

Review

"If you want to call Deadwood a Western, you might as well call The House of Mirth chick lit. Dexter looked at the dark, twisted, ridiculous doings of Bill Hickok and company, said to himself, 'I recognize that!' and gave us a world-class entertainment." --Jonathan Franzen, author of The Corrections"Unpredictable, hyperbolic and, page after page, uproarious; a joshing book written in high spirits and a raw appreciation of the past." --The New York Times Book Review"Splendid. . . . Rumor put straight. . . . A carefully researched knitting of events into their most dazzling fabric." --The Philadelphia Inquirer"Deadwood may well be the best western ever written." --The Washington Post Book World"What deepens and darkens [Dexter's] writing, so that art is the precise word to describe it, is a powerful understanding that character rules, that we live with our weaknesses and die of our strengths." --Time"Dexter is a master of colloquial poetry, of moods revealed through gestures and settings." --Playboy "One of the greatest American writers... a storyteller who cuts straight to the nerve." --Scott L. Turow"Dexter's strongest suit is his exquisite understanding of the finely meshed engines of greed, appetite, and interest." --The New York Times Book Review"Great, eccentric characters....Dexter's writing is a living thing." --USA Today