| Vandover and the Brute Contributor(s): Norris, Frank (Author) |
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ISBN: 1673489591 ISBN-13: 9781673489590 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2019 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5" W x 7.99" (0.46 lbs) 186 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Frank Norris's Vandover and the Brute presents an unflinching portrait of unconventional sexuality, moral dissolution, and physical degeneration. In the setting of turn-of-the-century San Francisco depicted in Vandover, disaster encompasses far more than the vivid accounts of shipwreck or earthquake that appear in the novel. The slow wasting away of characters who contract syphilis, the suicide of a young girl, and the murder of a man clinging to a lifeboat fascinate readers today as much as they did a century ago, when this scandalous novel was first published. The most complete wreck is Vandover himself, whose artistic talents and constitution collapse after orgies of drink and sexual abandon. |
