| Shadow Play Contributor(s): Baxter, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393322742 ISBN-13: 9780393322743 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: His wife does gymnastics and magic tricks. His crazy mother invents her own vocabulary, and his aunt writes her own version of the Bible. Through all this, Wyatt Palmer tries to live a normal life. But when he lures a toxic waste producing chemical plant to his economically depressed town, Wyat discovers he has truly made a deal with the Devil. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Small Town & Rural - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 92010377 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.44" W x 8.33" (0.82 lbs) 410 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Without question Charles Baxter, whose ravishing novel The Feast of Love was a National Book Award finalist, is one of our finest contemporary writers. These two books, set in the Michigan landscape that Baxter has made his own, display his unparalleled gift for revealing the unexpected in everyday life. In the novel Shadow Play, a decent man, having made a devil's bargain, finds himself on that precarious border between personal love and social responsibility. Reading group guide included. |
Contributor Bio(s): Baxter, Charles: - Charles Baxter lives in Minneapolis and teaches at the University of Minnesota. |