| Pack of Lies: A Trilogy Contributor(s): Sorrentino, Gilbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1564781542 ISBN-13: 9781564781543 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1997 Annotation: Gilbert Sorrentino is one of the most accomplished innovators in twentieth-century fiction, a position that is everywhere confirmed in this trilogy of novels, Odd Number, Rose Theatre, and Misterioso. Beginning with a series of interrogations (we never do find out why they are being conducted) about characters drawn from other Sorrentino novels and concluding with the reappearance of the same characters, Pack of Lies is Gilbert Sorrentino's testament to the supremacy of the imagination, a critique of the state of art and society, and a vicious comedy portraying a world of fraud and mayhem. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96051793 |
| Series: American Literature (Dalkey Archive) |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6.02" W x 8.95" (1.60 lbs) 564 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gilbert Sorrentino is one of the most accomplished innovators in twentieth-century fiction, a position that is everywhere confirmed in this trilogy of novels, ?"Odd Number," ?"Rose Theatre," and?"Misterioso." Beginning with a series of interrogations (we never do find out why they are being conducted) about characters drawn from other Sorrentino novels and concluding with the reappearance of the same characters, ?"Pack of Lies"?is Gilbert Sorrentino's testament to the supremacy of art and society, and a vicious comedy portraying a world of fraud and mayhem. |