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About the Author:
Charles Portis lives in Arkansas where he was born and educated. He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War. He was the London bureau chief of the New York Herald-Tribune, for which he also wrote as a reporter.
Review:
Skillfully constructed, a comic tour de force. --The New York Times Book Review
Portis is the greatest writer you've never heard of. --The Boston Herald
An instant classic . . . Read it and have the most fun you've had reading a novel in years, maybe decades. --Newsday
Portis is the greatest writer you've never heard of. --The Boston Herald
An instant classic . . . Read it and have the most fun you've had reading a novel in years, maybe decades. --Newsday
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- PublisherAmereon Ltd
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0848833104
- ISBN 13 9780848833107
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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