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Trailerpark

By Banks, Russell
Trailerpark

Details

Authors: Banks, Russell
Copyright: 1981
Format: Paperback
GTIN13: 9780060977061
ISBN10: 006097706X
Page Count: 288
Dimensions: 5.29x0.71x8.01
Publisher: Ecco Press
Jacket Notes:

Get to know the colorful cast of characters at the Granite State Trailerpark, where Flora in number 11 keeps more than a hundred guinea pigs andscreams at people to stay away from her babies, Claudel in number 5 thinks he is lucky until his wife burns down their trailer and runs off with Howie Leeke, and Noni in number 7 has telephone conversations with Jesus and tells the police about them. In this series of related short stories, Russell Banks offers gripping, realistic portrayals of individual Americans and paints a portrait of New England life that is at once dark, witty, and revealing.

Strand Notes

The colorful cast of characters at the Granite State Trailerpark distributed through thirteen related stories. The award-winning novelist and short-story writer Russell Banks offers gripping, realistic portrayals of individual Americans and paints a portrait of new England life that is at once dark, witty, and revealing. First published in 1981. 271p.

Description

"Each story is uncommonly good. . . surprising, lively writing and believably human characters. . . . Banks has a terrific eye, mordant yet affectionate, for the bric-a-brac and the pathos of the American dream." -- Washington Post Book World

In this series of related short stories, acclaimed author Russell Banks offers gripping, realistic portrayals of individual Americans and paints a portrait of New England life that is at once dark, witty, and revealing.

Get to know the colorful cast of characters at the Granite State Trailerpark, where Flora in number 11 keeps more than a hundred guinea pigs and screams at people to stay away from her babies, Claudel in number 5 thinks he is lucky until his wife burns down their trailer and runs off with Howie Leeke, and Noni in number 7 has telephone conversations with Jesus and tells the police about them.

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