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Fiskadoro
Denis Johnson
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Description for Fiskadoro
paperback. In Twicetown, once Key West, two missiles sit unexploded, objects of awe and indifference. Mr Cheung teaches the boy Fiskadoro to play the clarinet; Grandmother Wright, the oldest person in the world, endlessly relives the fall of Saigon; Cassius Clay Sugar Ray trades in radioactive artefacts. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
'Daring and provocative... Startlingly original' New York Times
The nuclear holocaust has been and gone, and now everything is different. In Twicetown, once Key West, two missiles sit unexploded, objects of awe and indifference. Mr Cheung teaches the boy Fiskadoro to play the clarinet; Grandmother Wright, the oldest person in the world, endlessly relives the fall of Saigon; Cassius Clay Sugar Ray trades in radioactive artefacts. Boats go out to comb the sea for fish, and the sea keeps some of the men. Tossing fitfully in nightmares of forgotten wars, lazing in the tropical heat, the flotsam and jetsam ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099440840
SKU
9780099440840
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Denis Johnson
Denis Johnson was the author of nine novels, one novella, two books of short stories, five collections of poetry, two collections of plays and one book of reportage. Among other honours, his novel Tree of Smoke won the 2007 National Book Award and was a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize, and Train Dreams was a finalist for the 2012 ... Read more
Reviews for Fiskadoro
Wildly ambitious. . . Its strange, hallucinatory vision of America and modern history is never less than compelling
New York Times
A leap of the imagination. . . stunningly delivered
Los Angeles Times Book Review
Haunting. . .an eerie and powerful visionary novel
Boston Globe
New York Times
A leap of the imagination. . . stunningly delivered
Los Angeles Times Book Review
Haunting. . .an eerie and powerful visionary novel
Boston Globe