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Train
de Pete Dexter
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 037571409X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375714092
- Librería
-
Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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Sobre este artículo
First trade paperback edition, published by Vintage, 2005. Train is a young golf prodigy, Miller Packard is a gambler with a mean streak, and Norah Still is the beautiful woman that completes this triangular, and volatile, relationship. This is not a remainder, not a library discard. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. Edges of the text block show some light wear and there is one dog ear place holder crease on page 262. Very light crease mark to the left side of the front cover. Attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory.
Sinopsis
Los Angeles, 1953. Lionel Walk is a young black caddy at Brookline, the oldest, most exclusive country club in the city, where he is known by the nickname "Train." A troubled, keenly intelligent kid with no particular interest in his own prodigious talent for the game, he keeps his head down and his mouth shut as he navigates his way between the careless hostility of his "totes" and the explosive brutality of the other caddies.Miller Packard, a sergeant with the San Diego police department, first appears on the boy's horizon as a distracted gambler, bored with ordinary risks. Train names him the "Mile-Away Man" as they walk off the first tee, and even months later, when they have become partners of a sort and are winning high-stakes matches against golf hustlers all over the country, the Mile-Away Man is a puzzle to Train, remote and intimate, impulsive and thoughtful, often all at the same time.Packard is also a puzzle to Norah Still, the beautiful lone survivor of a terrifying yacht hijacking, who is both aroused and repulsed by his violent and detached manner at the crime scene. Packard himself feels no such ambiguity. He is unequivocally drawn to Norah -- and perhaps to what has happened to her -- and an odd, volatile triangle takes shape, Packard pulling the other two relentlessly into deeper water, away from what is safe. With his trademark economy of style, Dexter brings these characters to life in their most reckless, vulnerable moments, stripping away words and manners until all that is left is the basic human pulse.From the Hardcover edition.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Hopkins Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 21-841
- Título
- Train
- Autor
- Pete Dexter
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 037571409X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375714092
- Editorial
- Vintage
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Fecha de publicación
- February 1, 2005
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction; Mystery;
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Hopkins Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2015
Nashua, New Hampshire
Sobre Hopkins Books
We're a small, independent, family run book seller specializing in current fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on Art, Art History, History, Memoirs, Travel Memoirs, Signed First Editions, and Literature in Translation.Do you have any questions about our books ? Let us know, we'd love to hear from you! Do you want to see a photo of a book before you order it ? We try to post as many photos as possbiel, but sometimes there will be a item in inventory that does not show a photo here. So feel free to ask for photos, we don't mind at all. We package all of our orders carefully either in a box that has been designed to ship books, or in a padded envelope. We want to make sure you receive your order in the best possible condition!Our preferred shipping method is USPS Media Mail. Recently, the USPS has added tracking to Media Mail , which has been a great addition to this service.If you do choose to have your order shipped "Expedited", my shipping cost may seem higher than expected. Some of our books are large format hardcovers that can cost quite a bit when shipped expedited. So I would like to make sure that I can cover the cost upfront. However, if the actual cost of expedited shipping is less than the charge, I will refund the difference!
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