Panama - Couverture souple

McGuane, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140052747 ISBN 13 : 9780140052749

Editeur : Penguin, 1980

Synopsis

Book by McGuane Thomas

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Chester Pomeroy is a washed-up rock star turned casualty of illicit substances and kamikaze passion. In the hands of Thomas McGuane, Chester’s story is a high-wire act of extravagant emotion and steel-nerved prose. As he haunts Key West, pestering family, threatening a potential in-law with a .38, and attempting to crucify himself on his ex's door out of sheer lovesickness, Chester emerges as the pure archetype of the McGuane hero. Out of his struggle to rejoin the human race -- and the imminent possibility that he may die trying -- McGuane has fashioned a harrowing and hilarious novel of "alligators, macadam, the sea, sticky sex, laughter, and sudden death."

Revue de presse

"Thomas McGuane is the pool shark of our prose. His sentences click with imperious precision.... The words swerve with fatal charm." -- Christian Science Monitor

"Whatever risk McGuane may have sensed in attempting [Panama], the feat proves successful. The audience is left dazzled." -- The New Yorker

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1980
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140052747
• ISBN 13: 9780140052749
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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