| Trance Contributor(s): Sorrentino, Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312425317 ISBN-13: 9780312425319 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $27.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: National Book Award FinalistA "Los Angeles Times Book Review" Favorite Book of the Year A "Publishers Weekly "Top Ten Novel of the Year It is 1974 and a tiny band of self-styled urban guerrillas, calling itself the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), abducts a newspaper heiress, who then takes the guerrilla name"Tania" and shocks the world by choosing to remain with her former captors. Soon most of the SLA are dead, killed in a suicidal confrontation with police in Los Angeles, forcing Tania and her two remaining comrades--the pompous and abusive General Teko and his duplicitous lieutenant, Yolanda--into hiding, where they will remain for the next sixteen months. These are the months of Tania's sentimental education. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (1.50 lbs) 528 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1970's - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA - Cultural Region - Southern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
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| Publisher Description: 2005 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction |
Contributor Bio(s): Sorrentino, Christopher: - Christopher Sorrentino is the author of a previous novel, Sound on Sound. He has contributed fiction, essays, and criticism to The Baffler, Bookforum, Conjunctions, Fence, and McSweeney's, among other publications and is a contributor to Give Our Regards to the Atomsmashers: Writers on Comics. He lives in Brooklyn. |