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On the Yard (New York Review Books Classics) (Ign Departement Maps)
by Malcolm Braly
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- CollectibleGood
- ISBN 10
- 094032296X
- ISBN 13
- 9780940322967
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About This Item
CollectibleGood. Penguin Book. 1977. Nice cover art. Ex-libris/ Good solid paperback with moderate reading/age wear, may have some light markings, pages may have some mild tanning. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.
Synopsis
Malcolm Braly (1925–1980) was born in Portland, Oregon. Abandoned by his parents, Braly lived between foster homes and institutions for delinquent children, and by the time he was forty had spent nearly seventeen years in prison for burglary, serving time at Nevada State Prison, San Quentin, and Folsom State Prison. He wrote three novels behind bars, Felony Tank (1961), Shake Him Till He Rattles (1963), and It’s Cold Out There (1966), and upon his release in 1965 began to work on On the Yard . When prison authorities learned of the book they threatened to revoke his parole, and he was forced to complete it in secret. Published in 1967, after Braly’s parole had expired, On the Yard received wide acclaim. It was followed by his autobiography, False Starts: A Memoir of San Quentin and Other Prisons (1976), and a final work of fiction, The Protector (1979). Malcolm Braly enjoyed fifteen years of freedom before his death in a car accident at age fifty-four. Jonathan Lethem is the author of seven novels, including Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude . He lives in Brooklyn and in Maine.
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- Best and Fastest Books
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- Title
- On the Yard (New York Review Books Classics) (Ign Departement Maps)
- Author
- Malcolm Braly
- Book Condition
- Used - CollectibleGood
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 094032296X
- ISBN 13
- 9780940322967
- Publisher
- New York Review Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2002-01-31
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