The Short Reign of Pippin IV; A fabrication
by STEINBECK, John
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Lacks jacket. Minor shelf wear and sunning to spine.
This is a first edition of Steinbeck's only political satire novel.
Synopsis
In his only work of political satire, The Short Reign of Pippin IV , John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Héristal is drafted to rule the unruly French. Steinbeck creates around the infamous Pippin the most hilarious royal court ever: Pippin’s wife, Queen Marie, who might have taken her place at the bar of a very good restaurant”; his uncle, a man of dubious virtue; his glamour-struck daughter and her beau, the son of the so-called egg king” of Petaluma, California; and a motley crew of courtiers and politicians, guards and gardeners. This edition includes an introduction by Robert Morsberger and Katharine Morsberger.
Reviews
One of the greatest novelist of our time. He really knows how to describe our tainted lives.
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- Uncharted Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2368
- Title
- The Short Reign of Pippin IV; A fabrication
- Author
- STEINBECK, John
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
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