LEWIS NORDAN—Lot of 2—SHARPSHOOTER BLUES—1st HC SIGNED + Uncorrected Proofs

Description: • For Your Consideration: • A LOT OF TWO (2) BOOKS: • BY LEWIS NORDAN • TITLE 1: A SIGNED First Edition in HARDCOVER of “THE SHARPSHOOTER BLUES: A Novel” (1995, Algonquin Books) • TITLE 2: Uncorrected Proofs (Trade Paperback) of “THE SHARPSHOOTER BLUES: A Novel” (1995, Algonquin Books) • ABOUT THIS TITLE: • “Once again fiction magician LEWIS NORDAN takes us to the Mississippi Delta to make us laugh…until we cry. The first question this remarkable new tale of mayhem and misunderstanding asks is, Who is singing the Sharpshooter Blues? Is it MORGAN, the teen-age trick-shot artist, who stops by The William Tell Grocery in Arrow Catcher, Mississippi, one day to show some fancy moves? Or is it MARSHAL CHISOLM who enforces Law and Order? Or is it one of the two lovely children who pick the wrong country store to rob? Or is it maybe HYDRO RANEY, a sweet, simple boy who des the right thing and loses everything? But the story asks a deeper question: Can the power of love hold up to the power of bullets? Don’t expect an easy answer, for, as one Arrow Catcher citizen puts it, ‘You wouldn’t want to hurt anybody, but when you were singing the blues…sometimes there was just nothing as satisfying as shooting a gun inside a house…it cleared the air.’ “THE SHARPSHOOTER BLUES is, in part, an exuberant meditation on America’s love affair with blue-steel barrels and snub-nose bullets, and in part, a heartbreaking look at the violence and loss that ensue when the guys come out to play one day in a small town. But most of all, after the bullets have flown, it’s a story of love—between fathers and sons, between husbands and wives, between gay lovers, and between friends.”—THE PUBLISHER • “Among the best American writers in any genre and form...his finest work so far.” —PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER • “Moving...outrageous.” —NEW YORK TIMES • “This is a marvelous book.”—VOICE LITERARY SUPPLEMENT • ABOUT THE AUTHOR:• “As if the worlds of WILLIAM FAULKNER and JAMES THURBER had collided.” —ASSOCIATED PRESS • “Few today are writing with such verve, intelligence, and compassion…. NORDAN bathes each character will an ornery love…for his goal is to get us to laugh at the whole of human existence—the pity, the horror, the vanity, the courage.” —RANDALL KENAN, THE NATION • “A writer of great talent.”—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY • “You’ll be amazed at the blatant delicacy of his touch.” —[MEMPHIS] COMMERCIAL-APPEAL • “NORDAN writes with a wildly original, almost hallucinatory flair…as funny a fiction writer as there is today.” —ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • • For other details about these two books, please see below. • TITLE 1: “THE SHARPSHOOTER BLUES: A Novel” AUTHOR: LEWIS NORDAN TYPE: HARDCOVER PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (North Carolina), 1995 EDITION: First Edition, First Printing* *RE: On the Copyright Page, the statement “First Edition” & this Number Row: “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.” PAGES: 291ISBN: 1-56512-083-3 NOTE: THIS BOOK is not an ex-library copy nor a Book-of-the-Month-Club edition.CONDITION OF DUST JACKET: VERY GOOD. Price (17.95) is unclipped. DJ is clean & bright lightly bumped corners & spine tips. Edges are fine. Light scratching (from normal handling) on sides. (Now in a Gaylord protective cover.) CONDITION OF BOOK ITSELF: VERY GOOD. Book is square. Boards are clean. Corners are sharp. Spine is tight & uncreased with lightly bumped tips. Text-block edges are fine. Pages are pointedly clean & bright—with no writing (save for the author’s signature), no underlining, no highlighting, no tears, no stains, no foxing, no foul odors, no bad vibes. LOOKS UNREAD. THE AUTHOR LEWIS NORDAN’S SIGNATURE: Appears, in blue ink, on the Title Page. •• TITLE 2: “THE SHARPSHOOTER BLUES: A Novel” AUTHOR: LEWIS NORDAN TYPE: UNCORRECTED PROOFS / TRADE PAPERBACK PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (North Carolina), 1995 EDITION: First Edition, First Printing* *RE: On the Copyright Page, the statement “First Edition” & this Number Row: “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.” PAGES: 291ISBN: 1-56512-083-3 NOTE: THIS BOOK is not an ex-library copy nor a Book-of-the-Month-Club edition.CONDITION OF BOOK: VERY GOOD. Wraps/covers are lightly age-toned on front & back & moreso on the spine. Corners are bumped. Spine is tight & uncreased with fine tips. Text-block edges are lightly toned. Pages are also lightly toned but also clean & bright—with no writing, no underlining, no highlighting, no tears, no stains, no foxing, no foul odor, etc. LOOKS UNREAD. •• SHIPPING NEWS: Both these books will be wrapped together with care before being shipped together in a cushioned & sturdy box. THANK YOU! ********************** /\___/\=•ᆺ•= “We believe it’s good business to be good to our customers.” *********** FLAPPINCAT’s HOUSE RULES ***********1. GENERAL TREATMENT. We enjoy treating FLAPPINCAT customers with honesty & respect & warmth because that’s how we like to be treated when we buy things on eBay.2. GENERAL ATTITUDE. We are grateful you choose to trust us with your business. We aim for that gratitude to permeate every part of how we engage with you.3. OUR DESCRIPTIONS. We describe every item we sell as clearly and accurately as we can. When it comes to describing condition, we tend toward being conservative. 4. PACKING & SHIPPING. 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Price: 36.99 USD

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

End Time: 2025-01-24T23:16:12.000Z

Shipping Cost: 6.5 USD