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A Gay and Melancholy Sound (Nancy Pearl's Book Lust Rediscoveries)
ISBN: 9781612182971
Author: Miller, Merle (Author)
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Published: April 2012
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Binding Type: Library Binding
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Annotation: The first book in nationally renowned librarian Nancy Pearl’s new Book Lust Rediscoveries series, this lost literary classic is available for the first time in decades. As funny and entertaining as it is captivating and heartrending, A Gay and Melancholy Sound is a shattering depiction of modern disconnection and the tragic consequences of a life bereft of love.

Joshua Bland has lived the kind of life many would define as extraordinary. Born in a small Iowa town to a controlling, delusional mother who had always wanted a daughter rather than a son, her anger at him colors his life. His father, a compassionate drinker incapable of dealing with Joshua’s mother, walks out on his wife and son, leaving a vacuum in the family that is damagingly filled by his tutor-cum-stepfather Petrarch Pavan, scion of a wealthy New York family who has secrets of his own. Playing on Joshua’s brilliance, Petrarch trains him to win a nationwide knowledge competition, but Joshua’s disappointing results in the finals are met with anger and disbelief by both his mother and stepfather. If Petrarch was unsuccessful in teaching Joshua the information he needed to win the contest, he had more success in instilling Joshua with the cynicism, self-doubt, and self-hatred that fill his own soul.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Classics
Dewey: FIC
Series: Book Lust Rediscoveries
Physical Information: 8.20" H x 820.00" L x 5.40" W
Bargain Category: Humor, Historical Fiction, Growing Up, Family, Adult, Social Issues