The Nuclear Age
by O'Brien, Tim
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine trade hard cover book in fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 039454286X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394542867
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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Synopsis
The Nuclear Age is about one man's slightly insane attempt to come to terms with a dilemma that confronts us all—a little thing called The Bomb. The year is 1995, and William Cowling has finally found the courage to meet his fears head-on. Cowling's courage takes the form of a hole that he begins digging in his backyard in an effort to "bury" all thoughts of the apocalypse. Cowling's wife, however, is ready to leave him; his daughter has taken to calling him "nutto"; and Cowling's own checkered past seems to be rising out of the crater taking shape on his lawn, besieging him with flashbacks and memories of a life that's had more than its share of turmoil. Brilliantly interweaving his masterful storytelling powers with dark, surreal humor and empathy for characters caught in circumstances beyond their control, Tim O'Brien brings us his most entertaining novel to date. At once wildly comic and sneakily profound, The Nuclear Age is also utterly unforgettable.
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- Bookseller
- Lorrin Wong, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 563346
- Title
- The Nuclear Age
- Author
- O'Brien, Tim
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine trade hard cover book in fine dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st printing of 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039454286X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394542867
- Publisher
- NY: Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
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