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Canin sensitively evokes Orno's prosaic world--you'd have to read Jane Smiley's The Age of Grief for better fiction about dentistry. But Orno mostly exists to relate Marshall's appealing, appalling antics: his manic raps about his childhood amid the ruins of Istanbul, his sabotage of his own (and Orno's) love life, his Oedipal strife with his chilly, brilliant parents. "Our family seal is a snake twisted in knots," says Marshall's lovely sister. And, reader, Orno marries her. Page for page, Canin's stories better show off his gift for epiphany, but the novel gives him room to develop character, entangle plots, and make a stab at the heart of the family romance. --Tim Appelo
"The most mature and accomplished novelist of his generation. For Kings and Planets stands head and shoulders above the crowd." --Alan Cheuse, "All Things Considered"
"Breathtaking...outstanding...Scot Fitzgerald himself would have been honored by his company." --Dan Cryer, Newsday
"Brilliant...richly lyrical...An homage to the Golden Age of American Romanticism." --David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle
"Masterful...A classic parable of the human condition." --Publishers Weekly
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine. Seller Inventory # CHL9678896
Book Description Condition: Good. First Edition. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # GRP98994843
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st UK edition. Good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page (signature only). 1st UK edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket has rubbing, mild edgewear, and scratches. 348 p. Audience: General/trade. Book would be fine except for age-darkening to the edges of the pageblock and a crack in the front hinge at the title page. By the Guggenheim Fellowship-, California Book Award-, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship-, The Lyndhurst Prize-, Henfield/Transatlantic Review Prize-, and Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship-winning author of 'A Doubter's Almanac' and 'The Palace Thief'. Signed UK editions are rare. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # Alibris.0008773
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. For Kings and Planets by Ethan Canin. 1998. Hardback. UK first edition. Book and jacket in very good condition. Jacket has not been price clipped. A little bumping to edges, especially top of jacket. Pages a little sunned to tips of pages. Clean throughout. Bookseller Inventory #HFB002051. Seller Inventory # 002051