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Title: ESCAPE VELOCITY
A CHARLES PORTIS MISCELLANEY
By: Charles Portis, Jay Jennings (Editor)
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 1935106503
ISBN 13: 9781935106500
Publisher: BUTLER CENTRE FOR ARKANSAS STUDIES
Pub. date: 15 May, 2012
Pages: 380
Synopsis: For those who care about literature or simply love a good laugh (or both), Charles Portis has long been one of America's most admired novelists. His 1968 novel "True Grit" is fixed in the contemporary canon, and four more have been hailed as comic masterpieces. Now, for the first time, his other writings--journalism, travel stories, short fiction, memoir, and even a play--have been brought together in "Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany," his first new book in more than twenty years. All the familiar Portis elements are here: picaresque adventures, deadpan humor, an expert eye for detail and keen ear for the spoken word, and encounters with oddball characters both real and imagined. The collection encompasses the breadth of his fifty-year writing career, from his gripping reportage of the civil rights movement for the New York Herald Tribune to a comic short story about the demise of journalism in the 21st century. New to even the most ardent fan is his three-act play, "Delray's New Moon," performed onstage in 1996 and published here for the first time. Whether this is your first encounter with the world of Portis or a long-awaited return to it, you'll agree with critic Ron Rosenbaum--whose essay appears here alongside tributes by other writers--that Portis "will come to be regarded as the author of classics on the order of a twentieth-century Mark Twain, a writer who captures the soul of America."
Illustrations: Illustrations
Publication: US
Imprint: Butler Centre for Arkansas Studies
Returns: Returnable
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