Viking, 1985. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. (1st) Sturdy book, cream cloth spine, purple boards, bright green and gilt lettering on spine, 262 pages. Small light brown stain at top of long pages' exterior edges. DJ beneath mylar, glossy and colorfully designed in white background, red, green, yellow borders, a strange color-illustration of house at top front, DJ has tiny light crease at spine top left and right edges. DJ and book, both Fine.

Synopsis

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 ).

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Bookseller: Callaghan Books South (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 05013
Title: Carpenter's Gothic
Author: Gaddis, William
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0670697931
ISBN 13: 9780670697939
Publisher: Viking
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1985
Keywords: Fiction

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