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Description for Good Baby
Paperback. The reissue of Leon Rooke's critically-acclaimed 1990 novel, first published by Alfred A. Knopf. Series: Reset. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. Weight in Grams: 371.
"Grim and raw and hilarious."--The New York Times During the night of a storm, an Appalachian girl delivers a baby and disappears. Next morning, Raymond Toker finds the baby under a bush and takes to the mountain roads to find her a home. While Turner carries out his quest, the child's father, Truman, with "teeth as rotten as his soul," drives his battered car along the same paths. Leon Rooke is a novelist, short story writer, editor, and critic. He has published twenty-eight books, nearly three hundred short stories, and is the recipient of the North Carolina Award ... Read more
"Grim and raw and hilarious."--The New York Times During the night of a storm, an Appalachian girl delivers a baby and disappears. Next morning, Raymond Toker finds the baby under a bush and takes to the mountain roads to find her a home. While Turner carries out his quest, the child's father, Truman, with "teeth as rotten as his soul," drives his battered car along the same paths. Leon Rooke is a novelist, short story writer, editor, and critic. He has published twenty-eight books, nearly three hundred short stories, and is the recipient of the North Carolina Award ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Reset
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Emeryville, Canada
ISBN
9781771961059
SKU
V9781771961059
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Ref
99-15
About Leon Rooke
Leon Rooke is a novelist, short story writer, playwright, editor and critic. He was born in rural North Carolina, but has been a resident of Canada for many years. He has published 28 books, and nearly 300 short stories have been published. Over the course of his career, Leon Rooke has been writer-in-residence at numerous North American universities, including the ... Read more
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