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Train signed by Pete Dexter (Hardcover, 1st, New)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Novel
- Signed By
- Pete Dexter
- Signed
- Yes
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780385505918
- Book Title
- Train
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publisher
- Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, T.H.E.
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- General, Mystery & Detective / General, Historical
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Item Weight
- 18.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
About this product
Product Information
Los Angeles, 1953. Lionel Walk is a young black caddy at Brookline, the oldest, most exclusive country club in the city, where he is known by the nickname "Train." A troubled, keenly intelligent kid with no particular interest in his own prodigious talent for the game, he keeps his head down and his mouth shut as he navigates his way between the careless hostility of his "totes" and the explosive brutality of the other caddies. Miller Packard, a sergeant with the San Diego police department, first appears on the boy's horizon as a distracted gambler, bored with ordinary risks. Train names him the "Mile-Away Man" as they walk off the first tee, and even months later, when they have become partners of a sort and are winning high-stakes matches against golf hustlers all over the country, the Mile-Away Man is a puzzle to Train, remote and intimate, impulsive and thoughtful, often all at the same time. Packard is also a puzzle to Norah Still, the beautiful lone survivor of a terrifying yacht hijacking, who is both aroused and repulsed by his violent and detached manner at the crime scene. Packard himself feels no such ambiguity. He is unequivocally drawn to Norah and perhaps to what has happened to her and an odd, volatile triangle takes shape, Packard pulling the other two relentlessly into deeper water, away from what is safe. With his trademark economy of style, Dexter brings these characters to life in their most reckless, vulnerable moments, stripping away words and manners until all that is left is the basic human pulse.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0385505914
ISBN-13
9780385505918
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2351554
Product Key Features
Book Title
Train
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Mystery & Detective / General, Historical
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Item Weight
18.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3554.E95t73 2003
Reviews
Praise for Pete Dexter "What deepens and darkens [Dexter's] writing, so that art is the precise word to describe it, is a powerful understanding that character rules, that we live with our weaknesses and die of our strengths." -John Skow,Time "One of the greatest American writers… a storyteller who cuts straight to the nerve." -Scott L. Turow "Dexter is a writer who cuts to the bone." -People "Dexter is a master of colloquial poetry, of moods revealed through gestures and settings." -Playboy "Dexter's strongest suit is his exquisite understanding of the finely meshed engines of greed, appetite, and interest…." -New York Times Book Review, Praise for Pete Dexter "What deepens and darkens [Dexter's] writing, so that art is the precise word to describe it, is a powerful understanding that character rules, that we live with our weaknesses and die of our strengths." -John Skow, Time "One of the greatest American writers… a storyteller who cuts straight to the nerve." -Scott L. Turow "Dexter is a writer who cuts to the bone." -People "Dexter is a master of colloquial poetry, of moods revealed through gestures and settings." -Playboy "Dexter's strongest suit is his exquisite understanding of the finely meshed engines of greed, appetite, and interest…." - New York Times Book Review
Copyright Date
2003
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2003-051946
Dewey Decimal
813.5/4
Dewey Edition
22
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