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Chicago: A Novel

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Description for Chicago: A Novel Paperback. A love letter to Chicago, the Great American City, and a wry account of a young man's coming-of-age during the one summer in White Sox history when they had the best outfield in baseball, Brian Doyle's Chicago is a novel that will plunge you into a city you will never forget, and may well wish to visit for the rest of your days. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 21. .
On the last day of summer, some years ago, a young college graduate moves to Chicago and rents a small apartment on the north side of the city, by the vast and muscular lake. This is the story of the five seasons he lives there, during which he meets gangsters, gamblers, policemen, a brave and garrulous bus driver, a cricket player, a librettist, his first girlfriend, a shy apartment manager, and many other riveting souls, not to mention a wise and personable dog of indeterminate breed. A love letter to Chicago, the Great American City, and a wry account of ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781250118127
SKU
V9781250118127
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Ref
99-15

About Brian Doyle
BRIAN DOYLE (1956-2017) was the longtime editor of Portland Magazine at the University of Portland, in Oregon. He is the author of six collections of essays, two nonfiction books, two collections of proems, the short story collection Bin Laden's Bald Spot, the novella Cat's Foot, and the novels Mink River, The Plover, and Martin Marten. He is also ... Read more

Reviews for Chicago: A Novel
Praise for Chicago In this gorgeous novel, the protagonist is the setting. Although it's full of interesting characters and surprising events, and the narrative is spun with great skill, the true spell it casts on the reader is the spell of atmosphere, its portrait of a time and place so complete that this becomes reading experience ... Read more

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