Using the canvas of his native New York (with one significant exception that affords him the opportunity to create a furiously political fable) Dixon astutely captures the edgy madness that infects the city through the neuroses of his narrators with a style that owes as much to Neo-Realist cinema as
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Using the canvas of his native New York (with one significant exception that affords him the opportunity to create a furiously political fable) Dixon astutely captures the edgy madness that infects the city through the neuroses of his narrators with a style that owes as much to Neo-Realist cinema as it does to modern literature.
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Imprint:
Seattle, Wash. : [New York, N.Y.] - Fantagraphics Books , Distributed in the US by WW Norton
Pages:
565
ISBN:
9781606995273, 1606995278
Language:
English
Notes:
Book One: Evening -- Storm -- An outing -- Shoelaces -- Fired -- Bussed -- Getting lost -- End of a friend -- Starting again -- Argument -- Question -- Overtime -- Can't win -- Long made short -- Ass -- Chocolate sampler -- Reinsertion -- One thing -- Dawn -- Wild bird reserve -- Baby -- Ends -- What is all this? -- Produce -- Young man who read brilliant books -- Night -- Book Two: Nothing new -- Interest -- Biff -- Leaves -- Former world's greatest raw green pea eater -- Jackie -- Cleanup man -- China -- She -- Burglars -- Leader -- Good fellow -- Talk show -- Dream -- P -- Stories -- Next to nothing -- Phone -- Mr. Greene -- Piers -- Knock knock -- Neighbors -- Book Three: Contac -- Meet the natives -- Who he? -- For a quiet English Sunday -- Sex -- Killer -- Home away from home -- Pale cheeks of a butcher's boy -- Up and down the drosselgasse -- Accurate account -- Yo-yo -- No knocks -- Walt -- In memoriam
Statement of responsibility:
Stephen Dixon
Characteristics:
565 p. ;,21 cm.
Author (Original Script):
Dixon, Stephen
Author misc:
Dixon, Stephen, 1936-
Call number:
FIC D
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