WAITING FOR THE ELECTRICITY.
by Nichol, Christina
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket./fine
- ISBN 10
- 1468306863
- ISBN 13
- 9781468306866
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About This Item
New York:: The Overlook Press,, (2014). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author's very highly praised first novel - "In the republic of Georgia, the Communists are long gone, replaced by . . . well, by what? . . theres one man in Georgia who remains unseduced by corruption, unfazed by nostalgia, and unable to abandon chivalry, no matter how antiquated a notion it may be. When Slims discovers an application for an American small business internship program sponsored by Hillary Clinton, he knows that he has found his calling. In his letters to Senator Clinton, Slims dreams of bringing efficiency, opportunity, and the American dream to his homeland, even as his friends and relatives embrace decadence, lethargy, and a staggering array of unsavory business practices. But when he finally gets to America - specifically to utopian San Francisco, Slims sees what reform and progress look like up close. And suddenly, his loud, bickering family and his anguished, joyful country no longer seem so grim. . . a visionary satire, and a work of extraordinary empathy and imagination." 330 pp.
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- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86385
- Title
- WAITING FOR THE ELECTRICITY.
- Author
- Nichol, Christina
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1468306863
- ISBN 13
- 9781468306866
- Publisher
- The Overlook Press,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (2014)
- Keywords
- satire, globalization,
- Bookseller catalogs
- First book or first novel;
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