| Our Napoleon in Rags Contributor(s): Gann, Kirby (Author) |
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ISBN: 0975251732 ISBN-13: 9780975251737 Publisher: Ig Publishing OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2005 Annotation: From a writer called "an important new voice in fiction" by Bret Lott and a "novelist of daring creativity and passion" by Edmund White, comes "Our Napoleon in Rags," It's the story of the regulars at the Don Quixote, a bar in a decaying Midwestern city, whose lives are torn apart when their self-appointed "Napoleon," Haycraft Keebler, bipolar son of a famous local politician, falls in love with a 15-year-old male hustler. Weaving the hot-button issues of mental illness, pedophilia, racism and police brutality through a novel that is Victorian in its graceful storytelling, Kirby Gann has created not only an extraordinary read, but a biting commentary on contemporary America. Kirby Gann is the managing editor of Sarabande Books and teaches in the MFA program at Spalding University. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005001686 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.04" W x 8.02" (0.55 lbs) 250 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From a writer called "an important new voice in fiction" by Bret Lott and a "novelist of daring creativity and passion" by Edmund White, comes Our Napoleon in Rags. It's the story of the regulars at the Don Quixote, a bar in a decaying Midwestern city, whose lives are torn apart when their self-appointed "Napoleon," Haycraft Keebler, bipolar son of a famous local politician, falls in love with a 15-year-old male hustler. Weaving the hot-button issues of mental illness, pedophilia, racism and police brutality through a novel that is Victorian in its graceful storytelling, Kirby Gann has created not only an extraordinary read, but a biting commentary on contemporary America. Kirby Gann is the managing editor of Sarabande Books and teaches in the MFA program at Spalding University. |