| Driving on the Rim Contributor(s): McGuane, Thomas (Author), Burns, Traber (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1538539713 ISBN-13: 9781538539712 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
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| Publisher Description: The unforgettable voyager of this dark picaresque is I. B. "Berl" Pickett, MD, whose die was probably cast the moment his mother thought to name him after Irving Berlin. Other insults piled on apace thereafter: the spasms of Pentecostal Sunday worship; the social debilitation of following his parents' itinerant rug-shampooing business; the erotic initiation at the hands of his aunt. It's hard to imagine what would have become of him had he not gone to medical school. But there must be meaning to existence beyond professional accreditation, and though scantly equipped, Berl Pickett has been on a mission to find it, despite being charged with negligent homicide in the death of his former lover, a business that lays bare the true benefits of small-town living. |
Contributor Bio(s): McGuane, Thomas: - Thomas McGuane lives on a ranch in McLeod, Montana. He is the author of many novels, several works of nonfiction, and various collections of stories. Burns, Traber: -Traber Burns worked for thirty-five years in regional theater, including the New York, Oregon, and Alabama Shakespeare festivals. He also spent five years in Los Angeles appearing in many television productions and commercials, including Lost, Close to Home, Without a Trace, Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy, Cold Case, Gilmore Girls, and others. |