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Music for Torching - Hardcover By Homes, A. M. - GOOD
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Unbranded
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9780688167110
- Book Title
- Music for Torching
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 11.1 in
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Drama, Fiction
- Topic
- Psychological, General, American / General, Literary
- Item Weight
- 22.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
068816711X
ISBN-13
9780688167110
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24038423492
Product Key Features
Book Title
Music for Torching
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Topic
Psychological, General, American / General, Literary
Genre
Drama, Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
22.8 Oz
Item Length
11.1 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
98-055252
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
In Music for Torching, the controversial author of The End of Alice lays bare the foundations of marriage and family life at the end of the century. Flash-frozen in the anxious culture of a suburban subdivision, Paul and Elaine (the couple first featured in Homes's collection of stories The Safety of Objects) have two boys and a beautiful home, yet they find themselves thoroughly inexplicably stuck. Obsessed with "making things good again," they spin the quiet terrors of family life into fantastical frenzy that careens out of control, doing and saying all the things we dare not, throwing into full relief the chasm between our public and private selves. From a strange and hilarious encounter on the floor of the pantry with a Stepford-wife neighbor, to an ill-concieved plan for a tattoo, to a sexy town cop who shows up at every inopportuune moment, to house cleaning team in space suits, to a mistress calling on the cell phone, to a hostage situation at the school, Homes creates characters so outrageously flawed and deeply human that they are entirely believable. With Music For Torching, A.M. Homes brings her unnerving emotional intensity to the heart of America, creating a new and dangerous territory that is distinctly her own., The controversial author of "The End of Alice" lays bare the foundations of marriage and family life at the end of the century. Obsessed with "making things good again, " a couple spins the quiet terrors of family life into a fantastical frenzy that careens out of control., A tour de force: A. M. Homes's unforgettable New Yorker story unfolds into a fiercely entertaining novel of marriage, family, and the American dream. In a tale that unfolds over the course of one week at the beginning of summer, A. M. Homes lays bare the foundations of marriage and family life at the end of the century--the American Dream gone dry. Flash frozen in the anxious entropy of suburban subdivision, Paul and Elaine (the couple featured in Homes's acclaimed first collection of stories, The Safety of Objects) have two boys and are obsessed with "making things good again." Alone--together--they spin the quiet terrors of family life into a fantastical frenzy that careens out of control: a Stepford-wife neighbor, an ill-conceived plan for a tattoo, a sexy town cop who shows up at all the wrong moments, an allergy-relief cleanup team in space suits, a hoard of contractors and repairmen, a mistress calling on the cell phone, and a hostage situation at the boys' school. With characters so flawed and outrageous they are entirely believable, Music for Torching is a surreal vision of a most familiar landscape.
LC Classification Number
PS3558.O448M87 1999
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