| The Rooster Trapped in the Reptile Room: A Barry Gifford Reader Contributor(s): Gifford, Barry (Author), McCarthy, Thomas A. (Editor), Codrescu, Andrei (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1583225250 ISBN-13: 9781583225257 Publisher: Seven Stories Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: Brimming with literary delights from one of America's most foremost literary figures, this anthology gathers excerpts from Gifford's six Sailor and Lula novels, selected verse, an interview, and excerpts from the screenplay for "Lost Highway, " cowritten with David Lynch. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003005742 |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6" W x 8.96" (1.39 lbs) 480 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Everything I have to say about race and religion and politics is in the novels, declares Barry Gifford. The Rooster Trapped in the Reptile Room gathers generous portions of all thirteen novels and novellas, as well as first-person essays, generous helpings of poetry, journalism, and a new interview with the author. The broad contours of an episodic output emerge--a full-length view of the freaks and freakish incidents that populate Gifford's unique human comedy. A world, as Lula, the author's favorite of all his characters, reflects, wild at heart and weird on top. The Rooster Trapped in the Reptile Room provides essential reading for anyone after the soul of American writing. |