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Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England : A Novel by Brock Clarke (2008, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN-101565126149
ISBN-139781565126145
eBay Product ID (ePID)65657652
Product Key Features
Book TitleArsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England : a Novel
Number of Pages305 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
TopicLiterary, Humorous / General
GenreFiction
AuthorBrock Clarke
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight12.5 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"It's nearly impossible not to care about and laugh with Sam. ...He appeals to the fool in everyone and comforts us in knowing that we're not alone."--Chicago Tribune, Clarke's novel sizzles...This straight-faced, postmodern comedy scorches all things literary, from those moldy author museums to the excruciating question-and-answer sessions that follow public readings., "Wildly, unpredictably funny...As cheerfully oddball as its title...the parodies here are priceless...Sharp-edged and unpredictable, punctuated by moments of choice absurdist humor."--Janet Maslin, Funny, profound...Larded with grabby aphorisms...Clarke's novel is an agile-melding of faux-memoir and mystery. It's a seductive book with a payoff on every page., [A] delightfully dark story of Sam Pulsifier, the 'accidental arsonist and murder' narrator who leads readers through a multilayered, flame-filled adventure about literature, lies, love and life..., It's nearly impossible not to care about and laugh with Sam...He appeals to the fool in everyone and comforts us in knowing that we're not alone.
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Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813.6
Synopsis"Funny, profound . . . a seductive book with a payoff on every page."-- People A lot of remarkable things have happened in the life of Sam Pulsifer, the hapless hero of this incendiary novel, beginning with the ten years he spent in prison for accidentally burning down Emily Dickinson's house and unwittingly killing two people. emerging at age twenty-eight, he creates a new life and identity as a husband and father. But when the homes of other famous New England writers suddenly go up in smoke, he must prove his innocence by uncovering the identity of this literary-minded arsonist. In the league of such contemporary classics as A Confederacy of Dunces and The World According to Garp , An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England is an utterly original story about truth and honesty, life and the imagination.
