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If I Don't Six : A Novel
by Reid, Elwood
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0385491190
- ISBN 13
- 9780385491198
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 1998. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (22.95). No chips or tears. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. First novel by this former college football player. From the Dust Jacket: "A ferocious and brilliant debut novel about young men in love with violence." Set in the world of football at the University of Michigan - groupies, steroids, alcohol. To "six" means to lose a football scholarship or be maimed. Dust Jacket praise from Charles Baxter, John Dufresne and Rick Bass. Bass calls the author: "A fresh new voice, compelling and possessing a fierce honesty. I admire the power and grace of the writing, and the relentless, mesmerizing direction of the story." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 259pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Synopsis
Elwood Reid, a former college football player, has been a carpenter, a bouncer, a cook, a bartender, and a writing instructor. His acclaimed short story "What Salmon Know" will be part of a collection to be published by Doubleday in 1999. He lives in upstate New York.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010876
- Title
- If I Don't Six : A Novel
- Author
- Reid, Elwood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385491190
- ISBN 13
- 9780385491198
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo. 259pp
- Bookseller catalogs
- Football;
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