| Officer Friendly: And Other Stories Contributor(s): Robinson, Lewis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812972279 ISBN-13: 9780812972276 Publisher: Random House Trade OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2004 Annotation: The stories in this acclaimed debut all take place in the state of Maine--which quickly comes to stand for the state we're all in when we face the moments that change our lives forever. Two roughneck hockey players are kicked off the team and forced to join the drama club. A young bartender at a party of coastal aristocrats has to deal with the surreal request to put a rich old coot out of his misery. Can a father defend his family if the diver helping to free the tangled propeller of their boat turns out to be a real threat? With humor, a piercing eye, and a sense that danger often lies just around the corner, Robinson gives us a variety of vivid characters, wealthy and poor, delinquent and romantic, while illuminating the mythic, universal implications of so-called ordinary life. These stories are at once classic and modern; taken together, they bring the good news that an important, compassionate new voice in American fiction has arrived. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Small Town & Rural |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003069319 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.7" W x 8.57" (0.73 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Maine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The stories in this acclaimed debut all take place in the state of Maine--which quickly comes to stand for the state we're all in when we face the moments that change our lives forever. Two roughneck hockey players are kicked off the team and forced to join the drama club. A young bartender at a party of coastal aristocrats has to deal with the surreal request to put a rich old coot out of his misery. Can a father defend his family if the diver helping to free the tangled propeller of their boat turns out to be a real threat? With humor, a piercing eye, and a sense that danger often lies just around the corner, Robinson gives us a variety of vivid characters, wealthy and poor, delinquent and romantic, while illuminating the mythic, universal implications of so-called ordinary life. These stories are at once classic and modern; taken together, they bring the good news that an important, compassionate new voice in American fiction has arrived. |
