Escape Velocity

A Charles Portis Miscellany

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Author:

Portis, Charles

Editor:

Jennings, Jay

ISBN:

978-0-7156-4724-0

Publication Date:

Mar 2014

Publisher:

Duckworth Publishers

Imprint:

Duckworth Overlook

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

AUD $18.17

Book Description:

Collected here in Escape Velocity is Charles Portiss miscellany journalism, short fiction, memoir and even the play Delrays New Moon, published for the first time. Portis covers topics as varied as the civil rights movement, road tripping in Baja and Elviss visits to his ageing mother. Fans of Portiss droll humour and quirky characters from his bestselling novels, including True Grit, will be thrilled at this collection, and those not yet familiar with his work will find a great...
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Book Details

Pages:	384
Detailed Subjects:	Literary Criticism / American / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	13.899 x 20.201 cm
Book Weight:	0.309 Kilograms

Author Biography

Portis, Charles (Author)

Charles Portis lives in Arkansas, where he was born (1933) and educated. Portis served as a reporter for the New York Herald-Tribune and was also its London bureau chief. His first novel, Norwood, was published in 1966. His other novels are True Grit, The Dog of the South, Masters of Atlantis, and Gringos.

True Grit has been made into a movie two times, once in 1969 with John Wayne (who won his only academy award by playing the main character of Rooster Cogburn), and a second time in 2010 with Jeff Bridges as the main character. Mr. Bridges was nominated for the Rooster Cogburn role, but did not win.

Charles Portis died on February 17, 2020 in Little Rock, Arkansas at age 86. He had been under hospice care for two years. 030

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