| The Lime Twig Contributor(s): Hawkes, John (Author), McGrath, Patrick (Introduction by), Coover, Robert (Preface by) |
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ISBN: 0140189823 ISBN-13: 9780140189827 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $26.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 95050538 |
| Series: Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.02" W x 7.68" (0.63 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Three early novels by John Hawkes This volume brings together three early novels by John Hawkes. The Lime Twig is set in the underworld of postwar London; Second Skin is a tale of suicide and new life on two mythical islands; and Travesty is a monologue on fear and eroticism that takes place during a drive at night. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |