Carpenter's Gothic
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Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Carpenter's Gothic ISBN13: 9780141182223 ISBN10: 0141182229 Author: Gaddis, William (Author) Description: This Story Of Raging Comedy And Despair Centers On The Tempestuous Marriage Of An Heiress And A Vietnam Veteran From Their Carpenter Gothic Rented House, Paul Sets Himself Up As A Media Consultant For Reverend Ude, An Evangelist Mounting A Grand Crusade That Conveniently Suits A Mining Combine Bidding To Take Over An Ore Strike On The Site Of Ude's African Mission At The Still Center Of The Breakneck Action--Revealed In Gaddis's Inimitable Virtuoso Dialoge--Is Paul's Wife, Liz, And Over It All Looms The Shadowy Figure Of Mccandless, A Geologist From Whom Paul And Liz Rent Their House As Paul Mishandles The Situation, His Wife Takes The Geologist To Her Bed And A Fire And Aborted Assassination Occur; Ude Issues A Call To Arms As Harrowing As Any Jeremiad--And Armageddon Comes Rapidly Closer Displaying Gaddis's Inimitable Virtuoso Dialogue, And His Startling Treatments Of Violence And Sexuality, Carpenter's Gothic Shows Again That Gaddis Is Among The First Rank Of Contemporary American Writers (Malcolm Bradbury, The Washington Post Book World) Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Penguin Books Publication Date: 1999-03-01 Weight: 0.65 lbs Dimensions: 0.6'' H x 8.4'' L x 5.5'' W Number of Pages: 288 Language: English
