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Published by Picador, 2011
ISBN 10: 0312680635ISBN 13: 9780312680633
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010
ISBN 10: 0374298912ISBN 13: 9780374298913
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Published by Old Street Publishing, 2011
ISBN 10: 1906964572ISBN 13: 9781906964573
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
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Paperback. Condition: LikeNew. Used Like New, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010
Seller: Open Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Good. Remainder mark. Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and creative capitalization of books.
Published by Thorndike Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 1410425932ISBN 13: 9781410425935
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.2.
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Published by Old Street Publishing 04/06/2010, 2010
ISBN 10: 1906964408ISBN 13: 9781906964405
Seller: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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Published by Granta Books, United Kingdom, London, 2019
ISBN 10: 1783783214ISBN 13: 9781783783212
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 'A pure joy to read' Guardian '.a dastardly hysterical take on modern day rhetoric and the eternal ridiculousness of it all. More than a 'must read,' Hark is a 'must believe!'' Paul Beatty, author of The Sellout 'Madcap and full of love, laughter and unexpected beauty (not to mention the world's greatest bone marrow smuggling scheme), if Hark doesn't make you stalk Sam Lipsyte and try to break up his marriage, then you are not human.' Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story 'The world needed more Sam Lipsyte and Lipsyte, knowing this, perhaps, has given us Hark. It's a stellar work by a great satirist, an uncanny observer, a keen stylist, a truly fine and thrilling writer.' Patrick deWitt, author of The Sisters Brothers In an America convulsed by political upheaval, cultural discord, environmental collapse and spiritual confusion, many folks are searching for peace, salvation, and - perhaps most immediately - just a little damn focus. Enter Hark Morner, an unwitting guru whose technique of "Mental Archery" - a combination of mindfulness, mythology, fake history, yoga, and, well, archery - is set to captivate the masses and raise him to near-messiah status. It's a role he never asked for, and one he is woefully underprepared to take on. But his inner-circle of modern pilgrims have other plans, as do some suddenly powerful fringe players, including a renegade Ivy League ethicist, a gentle Swedish kidnapper, a crossbow-hunting veteran of jungle drug wars, a social media tycoon with an empire on the skids, and a mysteriously influential (but undeniably slimy) catfish. In this social satire of the highest order, Sam Lipsyte, author of the bestselling novel The Ask and master of the form, reaches new peaks of daring in a novel that revels in contemporary absurdity and the wild poetry of everyday language while exploring the emotional truths of his characters - men, women and children seeking meaning and dignity in a chaotic, ridiculous and often dangerous world. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Hard. Condition: Acceptable. Has 445 pages in a tight binding. May be an ex-library book.
Published by Macmillan Audio, UNITED STATES, 2014
ISBN 10: 1427252211ISBN 13: 9781427252210
Seller: The Yard Sale Store, Narrowsburg, NY, U.S.A.
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AUDIO CD. Condition: Good. 7 AUDIO CDS! AUDIO CD performance. Each CD POLISHED prior to shipping for quality sound. You will receive a reliable set. Enjoy this AUDIO CD edition for your home and library.
Published by Sound Library, 2010
ISBN 10: 079277079XISBN 13: 9780792770794
Seller: The Yard Sale Store, Narrowsburg, NY, U.S.A.
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Audio CD. Condition: Good. 7 AUDIO CDs withdrawn from the library collection. Some library marking. We will polish the AUDIO CDs for smooth listening. You will receive a reliable set. Enjoy this presentable AUDIO CD performance. Audio Book.
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Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010
ISBN 10: 0374298912ISBN 13: 9780374298913
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Remainder mark on bottom edge, otherwise clean and tight. DJ not price clpped.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010
ISBN 10: 0374298912ISBN 13: 9780374298913
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Remainder mark on top edge of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2023
ISBN 10: 1501146130ISBN 13: 9781501146138
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A darkly comic mystery by the author of Hark and The Ask set in the vibrant music scene of early 1990s New York City. Manhattan's East Village, 1993. Dive bars, DIY music venues, shady weirdos, and hard drugs are plentiful. Crime is high but rent is low, luring hopeful, creative kids from sleepy suburbs around the country. One of these is Jack S., a young New Jersey rock musician. Just a few days before his band's biggest gig, their lead singer goes missing with Jack's prized bass, presumably to hock it to feed his junk habit. Jack's search for his buddy uncovers a sinister entanglement of crimes tied to local real estate barons looking to remake New York City--and who might also be connected to the recent death of Jack's punk rock mentor. Along the way, Jack encounters a cast of colorful characters, including a bewitching, quick-witted scenester who favors dressing in a nurse's outfit, a monstrous hired killer with a devotion to both figure skating and edged weapons, a deranged if prophetic postwar novelist, and a tough-talking cop who fancies himself a retro-cool icon of the homicide squad but is harboring a surprising secret. No One Left to Come Looking for You is a page-turning suspense novel that also serves as a love letter to a bygone era of New York City where young artists could still afford to chase their dreams. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Published by Granta Books, London, 2020
ISBN 10: 1783783230ISBN 13: 9781783783236
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'The world needed more Sam Lipsyte and Lipsyte, knowing this, perhaps, has given us Hark. It's a stellar work by a great satirist, an uncanny observer, a keen stylist, a truly fine and thrilling writer.' - Patrick deWitt, author of The Sisters BrothersIn an America convulsed by political upheaval, cultural discord, environmental collapse and spiritual confusion, many folks are searching for peace, salvation, and - perhaps most immediately - just a little damn focus.Enter Hark Morner, an unwitting guru whose technique of 'Mental Archery' - a combination of mindfulness, mythology, fake history, yoga, and, well, archery - is set to captivate the masses and raise him to near-messiah status. It's a role he never asked for, and one he is woefully underprepared to take on. But his inner-circle of modern pilgrims have other plans, as do some suddenly powerful fringe players, including a renegade Ivy League ethicist, a gentle Swedish kidnapper, a crossbow-hunting veteran of jungle drug wars, a social media tycoon with an empire on the skids, and a mysteriously influential (but undeniably slimy) catfish.In this social satire of the highest order, Sam Lipsyte, author of the bestselling novel The Ask and master of the form, reaches new peaks of daring in a novel that revels in contemporary absurdity and the wild poetry of everyday language while exploring the emotional truths of his characters - men, women and children seeking meaning and dignity in a chaotic, ridiculous and often dangerous world. A riotous novel of awkward believers, floundering marriages and our maladjusted 21st century, from one of America's sharpest satirists - for fans of Gary Shteyngart, Paul Murray and Larry David. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Published by Random House USA Inc, New York, 2018
ISBN 10: 0812972783ISBN 13: 9780812972788
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY VULTURE AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR Against the Country is a gift for fans of Southern Gothic and metafiction alike. Set in the Virginia pines, and overrun with failed parents, racist sex offenders, cast-off priests, and suicidal chickens, this novel challenges literary convention even as it attacks our national myththat the rural naturally engenders good, while the urban breeds an inevitable sin.In a voice both perfectly American and utterly new, Ben Metcalf introduces the reader to Goochland County, Virginiaa land of stubborn soil, voracious insects, lackluster farms, and horrifying treesand details one familys pitiful struggle to survive there. Eventually it becomes clear that Goochland is not merely the authors setting; it is a growing, throbbing menace that warps and scars every one of his characters lives. Equal parts fiery criticism and icy farce, Against the Country is the most hilarious sermon one is likely to hear on the subject of our native soil, and the starkest celebration of the language our land produced. The result is a literary tour de force that raises the question: Was there ever a narrator, in all our literature, so precise, so far-reaching, so eloquently misanthropic, as the one encountered here?Praise for Against the CountryIconoclastic . . . Against the Country has obvious affinities to Southern Gothic, both in its voice and in the delight it takes in rural ignorance and grotesqueries. . . . [A] country cousin of David Foster Wallace.The New York Times Book ReviewExceptional in its verbal brilliance and conscientiousness, Against the Country involves us in a familys anguished and hilarious struggle against the strange dooms that seem peculiar to white rural America. This is a savage and gladdening novel.Joseph ONeill, author of Netherland and The DogMetcalfs unnamed narrator dazzles with his Puritan deadpan and capacious intellect, not to mention his double-barreled blasts of dark humor and wicked satire. . . . There are so many brilliant turns of phrase in Against the Country that its hard to choose favorites, but Metcalf is at his sharpest and most seductive when his antihero does more than blast and blame, when he steps outside his sermons to say something real. . . . Every note in every solo is sounded with exquisite perfection.Slate Faulknerian . . . eccentric, magnificent Southern Gothic metafiction.Vanity FairBen Metcalf is a brilliant writer, and Against the Country is an ingenious and hilarious novel, a glittering, bitter celebration of how the lousiness of life can be redeemed in the hands (and mouth) of a top-shelf teller of lifes stories.Sam Lipsyte, author of The Ask and The Fun PartsA daring conglomeration of every trick, swindle and gimmick possible using only ink and paper, a pulpwood imagination machine so finely and expertly wrought that it can take on Jefferson, Thoreau, the church, patriotism, race relations, sexual identity, J. D. Salinger, the myth of America and a thousand other targets . . . [Against the Country] is absolutely and completely worth all investment of time and effort, because it is an undeniably beautiful object, sharp as a new razor.NPR One of the more necessaryand most eloquentexpressions of a distinctly American, provincial rage in some years.Flavorwire "Set in the Virginia pines, and overrun with failed parents, racist sex offenders, cast-off priests, and suicidal chickens, this novel c Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Published by St Martin's Press, New York, 2011
ISBN 10: 0312429975ISBN 13: 9780312429973
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The dazzling debut novel from the author of The Ask and Home Land, Sam Lipsyte's The Subject Steve is by turns manic, ebullient, and exquisitely deadpan--and belongs in the company with the master American satirists.Meet Steve (not his real name), a Special Case, in truth, a Terminal Case, and the eponymous antihero of Lipsyte's first novel. Steve has been informed by two doctors that he is dying of a condition of unquestioned fatality, with no discernible physical cause. Eager for fame, and to brand the new plague, they dub it Goldfarb-Blackstone Preparatory Extinction Syndrome, or PREXIS for short. Turns out, though, Steve's just dying of boredom. Meet Steve (not his real name), a Special Case, in truth a Terminal Case, and the eponymous antihero of Sam Lipsyte's first novel. Steve has been informed by two doctors that he is dying of a condition of unquestioned fatality, with no discernible physical cause. Eager for fame, and to brand the new plague, they dub it Goldfarb-Blackstone Preparatory Extinction Syndrome, or PREXIS for short. Turns out, though, Steve's just dying of boredom. "The Subject Steve" is a dazzling debut—by turns manic, ebullient, and exquisitely deadpan—Sam Lipsyte is in company with the master American satirists. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Published by Sound Library, 2010
Seller: Archives Books inc., Edmond, OK, U.S.A.
Audio Cassette. Condition: Very Good. 7 CDs total. Case in Good condition. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Friday.
Published by Simon & Schuster, 2022
ISBN 10: 1501146122ISBN 13: 9781501146121
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A darkly comic mystery by the author of Hark and The Ask set in the vibrant music scene of early 1990s New York City. Manhattan's East Village, 1993. Dive bars, DIY music venues, shady weirdos, and hard drugs are plentiful. Crime is high but rent is low, luring hopeful, creative kids from sleepy suburbs around the country. One of these is Jack S., a young New Jersey rock musician. Just a few days before his band's biggest gig, their lead singer goes missing with Jack's prized bass, presumably to hock it to feed his junk habit. Jack's search for his buddy uncovers a sinister entanglement of crimes tied to local real estate barons looking to remake New York City--and who might also be connected to the recent death of Jack's punk rock mentor. Along the way, Jack encounters a cast of colorful characters, including a bewitching, quick-witted scenester who favors dressing in a nurse's outfit, a monstrous hired killer with a devotion to both figure skating and edged weapons, a deranged if prophetic postwar novelist, and a tough-talking cop who fancies himself a retro-cool icon of the homicide squad but is harboring a surprising secret. No One Left to Come Looking for You is a page-turning suspense novel that also serves as a love letter to a bygone era of New York City where young artists could still afford to chase their dreams. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Published by Picador 2010, 2010
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
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Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2010, 2010
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
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Published by Picador, 2010
ISBN 10: 0330403729ISBN 13: 9780330403726
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
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Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, 2010
ISBN 10: 0374298912ISBN 13: 9780374298913
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. New York: FSG [2010]. First edition. Hardbound. New/New. A pristine unread copy, very fine in all respects. SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR on title page in March 2010, the month of publication. Comes with mylar dust jacket protector. Shipped in sturdy box. Smoke-free shop. NOTE: Purchased new and opened only for author to sign. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Farrar Straus Giroux., New York, 2010
ISBN 10: 0374298912ISBN 13: 9780374298913
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. First Edition. Very fine in VF dustjacket.
Published by OLD STREET, 2010
Seller: Happyfish Books, Meopham, KENT, United Kingdom
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. *SIGNED FIRST EDITION*. THE COVER IS LIGHTLY RUBBED AND THE CORNERS ARE BUMPED. THERE IS FOXING TO THE PAGE EDGES. THERE IS HEAVY FOXING TO A SMALL NUMBER OF PAGES. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK. Signed by Author(s).
Published by FSG, New York, 2010
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 296 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, in a protected plastic sleeve. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Bright and clean; a tight copy. Record # 952516.
Published by St. Martins Press-3PL, 2010
ISBN 10: 0312429606ISBN 13: 9780312429607
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - An intense, mordantly funny collection of short fiction from Sam Lipsyte, author of Home Land and The Ask.The Picador Elektronisches Buch edition includes an excerpt from The Ask.A man with an 'old soul' finds himself at a Times Square peep show, looking for more than just a little action. A young man goes into some serious regression after finding his deceased mother's stash of morphine. A group of summer-camp sadists return to the scene of the crime. Lipsyte's brutally funny narratives tread morally ambiguous terrain, where desperate characters stumble over hope, or sometimes merely stumble. Written with ferocious wit and surprising empathy, Venus Drive is a potent collection of stories from 'a wickedly gifted writer' (Robert Stone).
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Published by New Vessel Press, New York, 2015
ISBN 10: 193993124XISBN 13: 9781939931245
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "Dementedly cheerful . a rollicking catalogue of sex, violence, and acts of cartoonish cruelty, Barrows novel is a schoolboys happy nightmare writ large; readers may find it impossible to look away."Publishers Weekly"A masterpiece by a young genius, fated to die shortly after he had completed it."A.N. Wilson, author of Victoria: A Life and Tolstoy: A Biography "The primitive, understated style amid such horrors has a nice comic effect, and it might be argued that Barrow only exaggerates the usual catalog of man's inhumanity . Barrow suggests a writer who might in time have joined the ranks of William Burroughs, William Kotzwinkle, or John Kennedy Toole." Kirkus Reviews"The headlong energy and happy perversity of On the Run with Mary makes one admire much of what Barrow did, and wonder with sorrow at what he might have done."Sam Lipsyte, author of The Ask and Home Land"A unique masterpiece from a bizarre mind. To say it's Lewis Carroll meets Jean Genet . . . would be to belittle its farcically filthy originality."Nicholas Haslam, author of Redeeming FeaturesShining moments of tender beauty punctuate this story of a youth on the run after escaping from an elite English boarding school. At London's Euston Station, the narrator meets a talking dachshund named Mary and together they're off on escapades through posh Mayfair streets and jaunts in a Rolls-Royce. But the youth soon realizes that the seemingly sweet dog is a handful; an alcoholic, nymphomaniac, drug-addicted mess who can't stay out of pubs or off the dance floor. In a world of abusive headmasters and other predators, the sexually omnivorous youth discovers that true friends are never needed more than on the mean streets of 1960s London, as he tries to save his beloved Mary from herself. On the Run with Mary mirrors the horrors and the joys of the terrible twentieth century. Jonathan Barrow's original drawings accompany the text.Jonathan Barrow was born in 1947, north of London. His promising career as a writer and artist was cut short when he was killed at age twenty-two in a car crash alongside his fiancee, two weeks before they were to be married. The manuscript was discovered in Barrow's office drawer the day after his death. Peter Rabbit meets Marquis de Sade in this story of a youth and his troubled talking dog as they romp through posh London streets. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.