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The Aerialist: A Novel (Sewanee Writers' Series)
by Schmitt, Richard
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Dust Jacket Included
- ISBN 10
- 1585670707
- ISBN 13
- 9781585670703
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Apache Junction, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
The Overlook Press. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. 1585670707 First edition. First printing. NOT inscribed clipped or marked in anyway. Signed on the title page. Securely wrapped and shipped in a box. Fine/Fine
Synopsis
From an authentic American voice, a stunning, gritty tale of a young man's retreat into the darkly glamorous world of the circus. Venice, Florida: On the edge of town sits the winter headquarters of a traveling circus. One day Gary, a drifter, signs up for a job as a bullhand with the circus. Everyone has heard of the ringmaster, the trapeze artist, and the clown, but Gary soon learns that the circus includes others as well: the 24-hour man, the first to arrive in a town to poster the way to the circus grounds; the bullhands who remove elephant excrement from under the animals' bodies; the butchers who distract the audience from the circus spectacle selling them cotton candy or lemonade; the animal people who care for the animals and keep to themselves. Gary instantly falls in love with this new life, riding the circus train from one town to the next in the odd hours of the night. This acclaimed debut tells of a hapless, magical existence-a life for which Richard Schmitt's characters have abandoned everything and nothing at all. In it, the circus unfolds as a wealth of human energy and ambition, and Schmitt emerges as a talent with a magical voice and a high-flying future.
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- Garys Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1009186
- Title
- The Aerialist: A Novel (Sewanee Writers' Series)
- Author
- Schmitt, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1585670707
- ISBN 13
- 9781585670703
- Publisher
- The Overlook Press
- Place of Publication
- Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 2000-11-01
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