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A Friend of Kissinger: A Novel (Library of American Fiction)
David Milofsky
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Hardcover. Young Danny Meyer's bubble-like existence in paradisal Madison is broken when his father is stricken with illness. The family is forced to move to Milwaukee where they struggle at the brink of poverty. Here, Danny must accept the responsibilities of manhood while still struggling with adolescence. Series: Library of American Fiction. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
In this lively coming-of-age novel, young Danny Meyer lays bare a landscape of illness and despair but emerges triumphant, with a new awareness of the limitations of security and the lessons of eternity. Danny's bubble-like existence in paradisal Madison is broken when his father, a concert pianist and professor, is stricken with illness and must give up his professorship. The family is forced to move to Milwaukee to live at the brink of poverty while his father gets sicker, his artistic mother struggles as bread-winner, and his brother becomes delusional. Here, Danny finds himself in the uncertain position of having ... Read more
In this lively coming-of-age novel, young Danny Meyer lays bare a landscape of illness and despair but emerges triumphant, with a new awareness of the limitations of security and the lessons of eternity. Danny's bubble-like existence in paradisal Madison is broken when his father, a concert pianist and professor, is stricken with illness and must give up his professorship. The family is forced to move to Milwaukee to live at the brink of poverty while his father gets sicker, his artistic mother struggles as bread-winner, and his brother becomes delusional. Here, Danny finds himself in the uncertain position of having ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Series
Library of American Fiction
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299185206
SKU
V9780299185206
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About David Milofsky
David Milofsky is professor of English at Colorado State University, where he directs the Center for Literary Publishing and edits the Colorado Review. He is the author of the novels Playing from Memory, Eternal People, and Color of Law.
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