Ghost town: a novel
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : Henry Holt, 1998.
Physical Desc:
147 pages ; 22 cm.
Status:
North Natomas
WESTERN Coover, R.
Description
A nameless rider plods through the desert toward a dusty Western town shimmering on the horizon. In his latest novel, Robert Coover has taken the familiar form of the Western and turned it inside out. The lonesome stranger reaches the town - or rather, it reaches him - and he becomes part of its gunfights, saloon brawls, bawdy houses, train robberies, and, of course, the choice between the saloon chanteuse or the sweet-faced schoolmistress whom he loves. Throughout, Robert Coover reanimates the Western epics of Zane Grey and Louis L'Amour, infusing them with the Beckettian echoes, unique comic energy, and exuberant prose that have made him one of the most influential figures in contemporary American literature. It is, as The Washington Post Book World put it, "a fast-forward, ribald vision of the American West, a free-for-all that slides from surreal to ridiculous like a circus-goer's grin through a funhouse mirror... a heady frisson, a salon entertainment, one helluva ride."
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Book
Edition:
1st ed.
Language:
English
ISBN:
0805058842 (acid-free paper) :
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APA Citation (style guide)
Coover, R. (1998). Ghost town: a novel. New York, Henry Holt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Coover, Robert. 1998. Ghost Town: A Novel. New York, Henry Holt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Coover, Robert, Ghost Town: A Novel. New York, Henry Holt, 1998.
MLA Citation (style guide)Coover, Robert. Ghost Town: A Novel. New York, Henry Holt, 1998.
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