A SUMMONS TO MEMPHIS; [Association copy, inscribed]
by Taylor, Peter
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1986. First edition. Pulitzer Prize winner. Presumed review copy with publisher's announcement flyer laid in. INSCRIBED BY TAYLOR on title page, "for Jane and Walter/ affectionately/ Peter." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and -- along with Taylor -- one of the founding members of The Fellowship of Southern Writers. His wife, Jane Harrison Sullivan (1923-2022), taught English literature at Aquinas College. 8vo gilt-stamped, black cloth backed cream paper boards; 209 pages. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with spine ends lightly rubbed.
Synopsis
A Summons to Memphis is a 1986 novel by Peter Taylor which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1987. It is the recollection of Phillip Carver, a middle aged editor from New York City, who is summoned back to Memphis by his two conniving unmarried sisters to help them prevent the marriage of their elderly father to a younger woman.
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- Quill & Brush (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72146
- Title
- A SUMMONS TO MEMPHIS; [Association copy, inscribed]
- Author
- Taylor, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Bookseller catalogs
- ASSOCIATION COPY;
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