The Heaven of Mercury
by Watson, Brad
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393047571
- ISBN 13
- 9780393047578
- Seller
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CEDAR GROVE, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton, 2002. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 6x1x8. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear to boards and jacket; internal ex-library markings. A dark, riotous Southern novel of sex, death, and transformation. Brad Watson's first novel has been eagerly awaited since his breathtaking, award-winning debut collection of short stories, Last Days of the Dog-Men. Here, he fulfills that literary promise with a humorous and jaundiced eye. Finus Bates has loved Birdie Wells since the day he saw her do a naked cartwheel in the woods in 1916. Later he won her at poker, lost her, then nearly won her again after the mysterious poisoning of her womanizing husband. Does Vish, the old medicine woman down in the ravine, hold the key to Birdie's elusive character? Or does Parnell, the town undertaker, whose unspeakable desires bring lust for life and death together? Or does the secret lie with some other colorful old-timer in Mercury, Mississippi, not such a small town anymore? A potent cocktail of Southern gothic and classical mythology, this is a novel only Brad Watson could have written an unforgettable portrait of the most romantic aspirations and most twisted inclinations of the bleak and lovely human heart.
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- Seller
- Kayleighbug Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 055887
- Title
- The Heaven of Mercury
- Author
- Watson, Brad
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0393047571
- ISBN 13
- 9780393047578
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 6x1x8
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Fiction;
- X weight
- 20 oz
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CEDAR GROVE, West Virginia
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