A Summons to Memphis
by Taylor, Peter
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- Seller
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Neenah, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1986. Review Copy. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Review Copy. Hardcover. 1985 Pulitzer prize, review post card laid-in. Minor shelf wear to head and heal of spine.
Synopsis
A Summons to Memphis is a 1986 novel by Peter Taylor which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1987. It is the recollection of Phillip Carver, a middle aged editor from New York City, who is summoned back to Memphis by his two conniving unmarried sisters to help them prevent the marriage of their elderly father to a younger woman.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lyons Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 876
- Title
- A Summons to Memphis
- Author
- Taylor, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Review Copy
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
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