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Item Details
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A GOOD BABY
A NOVEL |
| By: |
Leon Rooke |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£10.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1771961058 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781771961059 |
| Publisher: |
BIBLIOASIS |
| Pub. date: |
21 March, 2017 |
| Edition: |
Second Edition |
| Series: |
ReSet |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
The reissue of Leon Rooke's critically-acclaimed 1990 novel, first published by Alfred A. Knopf. |
| Synopsis: |
"Grim and raw and hilarious."? The New York TimesDuring the night of a storm, an Appalachian girl delivers a baby and disappears. Next morning, Raymond Toker finds the baby under a bush and takes to the mountain roads to find her a home. While Turner carries out his quest, the child's father, Truman, with "teeth as rotten as his soul," drives his battered car along the same paths.Leon Rooke is a novelist, short story writer, editor, and critic. He has published twenty-eight books, nearly three hundred short stories, and is the recipient of the North Carolina Award for Literature. |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
Biblioasis |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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