Author: Robert Coover
Title: Whatever Happened to Gloomy Gus of the Chicago Bears?
Description: New York, The Linden Press/Simon and Schuster , 1987. First edition. Cloth. A first edition review copy of this metafiction centered on an alternate Nixon America from Rea Prize winner, Robert Coover. An advanced review copy of the first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. This novella tells the tale of the rise and fall of a Chicago Bear player 'Gloomy Gus', as narrated by an orphaned Russian Jew named Meyer, who is a part-time union organiser and sculptor. Author Robert Coover is considered a writer of fabulation, which defines a style as similar to magic realism. This particular work is within the context of an alternate Nixon America and creates a humorous take on The American Dream. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper has minor edgewear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.
Keywords: American Literature Modern Fiction First Edition Review Copy Modern Fiction None
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Title: Whatever Happened to Gloomy Gus of the Chicago Bears?
Description: New York, The Linden Press/Simon and Schuster , 1987. First edition. Cloth. A first edition review copy of this metafiction centered on an alternate Nixon America from Rea Prize winner, Robert Coover. An advanced review copy of the first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. This novella tells the tale of the rise and fall of a Chicago Bear player 'Gloomy Gus', as narrated by an orphaned Russian Jew named Meyer, who is a part-time union organiser and sculptor. Author Robert Coover is considered a writer of fabulation, which defines a style as similar to magic realism. This particular work is within the context of an alternate Nixon America and creates a humorous take on The American Dream. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper has minor edgewear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.
Keywords: American Literature Modern Fiction First Edition Review Copy Modern Fiction None
Price: GBP 55.00 = appr. US$ 78.54 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 909Y12
- Book number: 909Y12
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