Seeing Mona Naked: And Other Stories - Softcover
Book by Averill, Thomas Fox
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In his second collection, Averill ( Passes at the Moon ) writes with the restlessness of a young author searching for his voice. His best stories journey over a novelistic time span: years pass while a boy-into-man narrator recalls skinny-dipping or furtively watching a neighbor girl undress. While all the tales take place in a small Kansas town and strive for a homey flavor, the finest are genuinely haunting: what begins as a father and son's night out or a boy and girl necking in a car takes on a terrifying intensity. In "Some Small Talk, Sweet Talk, from Will Parr to the World," a young couple on a first date discovers an abandoned infant in an alley; from that point on, the story becomes ever more bizarre and absorbing. In weaker pieces, the country landscape loses its allegorical depth--and the moment Averill forsakes intensity for humor, his characters become caricatures. In the facile "Spicy Food," for example, a boy's willingness to try new foods leads him into exotic love affairs, but the narrative suffers from arrested development.
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- PublisherWatermark Pr
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0922820015
- ISBN 13 9780922820016
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages173
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Watermark Press, Wichita, KS. 1989. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; bumped tips; light suntanning to spine; shallow crease on rear wrap. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Rear wrap has a vertical fold in center from top to bottom; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 173 pp 8vo. In this, his second book he covers a span of years as the boy-into-man narrator recalls skinny-dipping or furtively watching a neighbor girl undress. While all the tales take place in a small Kansas town and strive for a homey flavor, the finest are genuinely haunting: what begins as a father and son's night out or a boy and girl necking in a car takes on a terrifying intensity. In Some Small Talk, Sweet Talk, from Will Parr to the World, a young couple on a first date discovers an abandoned infant in an alley; from that point on, the story becomes ever more bizarre and absorbing. A captivating set of stories. A clean very presentable copy. Seller Inventory # 015583
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by the author and inscribed to a previous owner on the title page. Octavo 8 1/2" tall, 173 pages, stiff wraps. A very good+, generally clean, neat soft cover overall with light shelf wear, but slight color fading to the spine; gently read, binding tight, paper cream white. Seller Inventory # 60479
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Signed and inscribed by Averill on the free endpaper. A short story collection set in a small Kansas town. Slight wear to the page edges.; 173 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 19236
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