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The Nuclear Age

by O'Brien, Tim

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039454286X
ISBN 13
9780394542867
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1985. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Gold boards quarterbound in green cloth. Both the spine and the front board are gilt-stamped. 312pps. First Printing. There is a remainder mark on the bottom of the textblock. The upper front tip is mildly bumped. Also, the page-edges are a bit yellowed. Otherwise clean, tight, and square. No previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a faintly sunned spine and a touch of toning at the top of each flap; no chips or tears. The original price is intact.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "It's 1995 and William Cowling is digging a hole in his backyard. He is forty-nine, and after years and years of pent-up terror he has finally found the courage of a fighting man. And so a hole. A hole that he hopes will one day be large enough to swallow up his almost fifty years' worth of fear. A hole that causes his twelve-year-old daughter to call him 'nutto,' and his wife to stop speaking to him. A hole that William will not stop digging and out of which rise scenes of his past to play themselves out in his memory." <br><br></b></font> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. X03-A.. SIGNED by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.

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The Nuclear Age  is about one man's slightly insane attempt to come to terms with a dilemma that confronts us all—a little thing called The Bomb. The year is 1995, and William Cowling has finally found the courage to meet his fears head-on. Cowling's courage takes the form of a hole that he begins digging in his backyard in an effort to "bury" all thoughts of the apocalypse. Cowling's wife, however, is ready to leave him; his daughter has taken to calling him "nutto"; and Cowling's own checkered past seems to be rising out of the crater taking shape on his lawn, besieging him with flashbacks and memories of a life that's had more than its share of turmoil. Brilliantly interweaving his masterful storytelling powers with dark, surreal humor and empathy for characters caught in circumstances beyond their control, Tim O'Brien brings us his most entertaining novel to date. At once wildly comic and sneakily profound, The Nuclear Age is also utterly unforgettable.

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Title
The Nuclear Age
Author
O'Brien, Tim
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
039454286X
ISBN 13
9780394542867
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated
Place of Publication
New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published
1985
Keywords
FICTION PSYCHOLOGICAL AMERICAN LITERATURE WILLIAM COWLING TIM O'BRIEN THE NUCLEAR AGE SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS COLLECTIBLE BOOKS NOVELS
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