| A Piece of My Heart Contributor(s): Ford, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0394729145 ISBN-13: 9780394729145 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1985 Annotation: Ford's mesmerizing first novel is the story of two godless pilgrims. Robard Hewes has driven across the country in the service of a destructive passion. Sam Newell is seeking the missing piece of himself. When these men converge, on an uncharted island in the Mississippi, each discovers the thing he's looking for--amid a conflagration of violence that's as shocking as it is inevitable. "This is one of those books that hit you hard...a story filled with breathing characters and genius-crafted dialogue between moments of consummate description.... I can't be unbiased. I'm mad for this book."--Elizabeth Ashton, "Houston Chronicle |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Visionary & Metaphysical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 84040545 |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.22" W x 8" (0.56 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ford's mesmerizing first novel is the story of two godless pilgrims. Robard Hewes has driven across the country in the service of a destructive passion. Sam Newell is seeking the missing piece of himself. When these men converge, on an uncharted island in the Mississippi, each discovers the thing he's looking for--amid a conflagration of violence that's as shocking as it is inevitable. "This is one of those books that hit you hard...a story filled with breathing characters and genius-crafted dialogue between moments of consummate description.... I can't be unbiased. I'm mad for this book."--Elizabeth Ashton, Houston Chronicle |