The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened: The Second Morris Bird III Novel – A Rediscovered Coming-of-Age Classic - Couverture souple

Robertson, Don

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0061868140 ISBN 13 : 9780061868146

Editeur : Harper Paperbacks, 2009

Synopsis

Rediscover an American classic! The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened by Don Robertson is an emotionally resonant, wonderfully evocative journey back to the early 1950s that reintroduces readers to a teenaged Morris Bird III, one of the most endearing characters in contemporary American literature. Fan Stephen King puts the first book in the Morris Bird III trilogy, The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread “on the same shelf as Catcher in the Rye and The Outsiders,” and calls Don Robertson “one of the best unknown novelists in the United States.” Find out what you’ve been missing with The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Don Robertson (1929-1999) wrote eighteen novels, including two others featuring Morris Bird III: The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread and The Sum and Total of Now. The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened was made into a movie starring James Earl Jones.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

If there was one genuine truth that Morris Bird III thought he understood, it was that the world forever and relentlessly changed. But only in one direction—from simple to complicated.

When he was nine, Morris Bird III learned the meaning of bravery. Now, at seventeen, he's on the verge of adulthood . . . and he's fallen in love. But it's 1952 and the Korean War hangs over his head like a dangling sword—and his prickly, complicated relationship with his cold and silent father has never been satisfactorily resolved. When Morris's own mortality stares him in the face, he learns what it truly means to become a man.

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened is the final book in Don Robertson's classic trilogy featuring one of the most endearing characters in American literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harper Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0061868140
• ISBN 13: 9780061868146
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
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