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Cigarettes

Cigarettes( )
Author: Mathews, Harry
Series title:American Literature Ser.
ISBN:978-1-56478-203-8
Publication Date:Oct 1998
Publisher:Deep Vellum Publishing
Imprint:Dalkey Archive Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $13.50
Book Description:

A novel about the rich and powerful, tracing their,complicated relationships from the 30s to the 60sfrom New York City to Upper New York State. As we,have come to expect from Mathews, nothing is as,simple as it might appear to be but we could,describe this as a story about Allen, who is,married to Maud, having an affair with Elizabethwho lives with Maud. What one can emphatically say,is that CIGARETTES is a brilliant display of,Mathews ingenuity and deadly playfulness.

Book Details
Pages:304
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / City Life
Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.68 x 8.56 x 0.86 Inches
Book Weight:0.968 Pounds
Author Biography
Mathews, Harry (Author)
Harry Mathews was born in New York City on February 14, 1930. He attended Princeton University in 1947, but left in his sophomore year to join the United States Navy. Once his military service was completed, he received a B.A. in music from Harvard University in 1952. He was the only American to become a member of Oulipo, an experimental group of French writers and mathematicians who believe constrained writing techniques are the key to invention. He was an author and editor of the Paris Review literary magazine. His novels included The Conversions, My Life in CIA, and The Solitary Twin. He died on January 25, 2017 at the age of 86.

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