New York, NY: Viking Penguin, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing of Gaddis's third novel. Near fine (slight foxing to edges) in a NF jacket (tiny crease bottom front). In protective mylar. Not price clipped, no remainder mark, a lovely copy

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This story of raging comedy and despair centers on the tempestuous marriage of an heiress and a Vietnam veteran. From their "carpenter gothic" rented house, Paul sets himself up as a media consultant for Reverend Ude, an evangelist mounting a grand crusade that conveniently suits a mining combine bidding to take over an ore strike on the site of Ude's African mission. At the still center of the breakneck action--revealed in Gaddis's inimitable virtuoso dialoge—is Paul's wife, Liz, and over it all looms the shadowy figure of McCandless, a geologist from whom Paul and Liz rent their house. As Paul mishandles the situation, his wife takes the geologist to her bed and a fire and aborted assassination occur; Ude issues a call to arms as harrowing as any Jeremiad--and Armageddon comes rapidly closer. Displaying Gaddis's inimitable virtuoso dialogue, and his startling treatments of violence and sexuality, Carpenter's Gothic "shows again that Gaddis is among the first rank of contemporary American writers" (Malcolm Bradbury, The Washington Post Book World ).

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Bookseller: Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003565
Title: Carpenter's Gothic
Author: Gaddis, William
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0670697931
ISBN 13: 9780670697939
Publisher: Viking Penguin
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 1985
X weight: 0 lbs

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