| Brother Dumb Contributor(s): Gilbert, Sky (Author) |
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ISBN: 1550227688 ISBN-13: 9781550227680 Publisher: Misfit Book OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007390784 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.3" (0.90 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Brother Dumb is the memoir of a reclusive American literary icon. Brother Dumb is a how-to manual for meaningful critical engagement with the real world. Brother Dumb is a celebration of innocence, youth, and altruism. Brother Dumb is a true story of self-imposed exile. . . .Brother Dumb is also a work of fiction.Brother Dumb begins in the mid-40s, but spans decades, delving deep into the five tortured relationships that have shaped one writer's psycho-sexual history -- but it also details his bitter literary decline and withdrawal from public life. Brother Dumb is a misanthrope. His withdrawal from the world is as famous, or infamous, as his writing -- something that he takes great pains to explain is not a desperate cry for attention.Attention is the last thing Brother Dumb wants.So why publish this memoir? Why expose himself to a world of stupid, lecherous, greedy, evil, and calculating people?Because he can't not write. And because, somewhere out there, a kindred soul might actually be reading. . . . |