Carpenter's Gothic
by William Gaddis
- Used
- as new
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- As New/Dust Jacket Included
- ISBN 10
- 0140089934
- ISBN 13
- 9780140089936
- Seller
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Flemington, New Jersey, United States
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Synopsis
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 dialogeis 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
- Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000453
- Title
- Carpenter's Gothic
- Author
- William Gaddis
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- F
- ISBN 10
- 0140089934
- ISBN 13
- 9780140089936
- Publisher
- Viking, 1985
- Place of Publication
- New York, Ny
- This edition first published
- 1986-07-01
- Keywords
- FICTION 0-670-69793-1
Terms of Sale
Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB
About the Seller
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