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Impossible Vacation [SIGNED]

Impossible Vacation [SIGNED]

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Impossible Vacation [SIGNED]

by Gray, Spalding

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  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
vg
ISBN 10
039456894X
ISBN 13
9780394568942
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About This Item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto (9 1/2 x 6 1/2"). [12], 228pp.Uncut. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over half black cloth and black paper covered boards, with silver lettering to spine and front cover. Dedication page signed in red ink by the author.

"Having detailed the agonies of writing a book in his monologue Monster in a Box, Spalding Gray now gives us the monster itself: a convulsively funny, unexpectedly moving novel about a man eternally searching for a moment of protected pleasure even as he is permanently incapable of finding it.

Brewster North witnesses his mother's madness but misses her suicide; searches frantically for enlightenment in the Poconos and zipless sex in India; suffers family ennui in Rhode Island and a nervous breakdown in Amsterdam. In the process he emerges as a hilariously complex everyman. And as Gray narrates his hero's free fall, he confirms his own stature as one of our funniest, most eccentric, and most engaging storytellers." (From the Publishers).

Dust-jacket, binding and interior in overall very good condition.

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Bookseller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
41844
Title
Impossible Vacation [SIGNED]
Author
Gray, Spalding
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - vg
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First edition
ISBN 10
039456894X
ISBN 13
9780394568942
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1992

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