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1	Duke of Deception more books like this by Geoffrey Wolff In this beautifully written and profoundly stirring autobiography, Geoffrey Wolff unravels the enigma of his Gatsby-esque father, an inveterate liar who falsified everything but love. 8 pages of black-and-white photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.97! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Black Sun more books like this by Geoffrey Wolff 'An extremely well-written and vivid book, Black Sun is the biography of a fascinating, deplorable, charming and wretched man, a figure of the 1920s who touched upon literary life and seems to embody a number of the most extravagant impulses of that time. I found it a book both highly readable and troubling.'--Irving Howe see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
3	A Day at the Beach: Recollections more books like this by Geoffrey Wolff One fine day and out of a clear blue sky, horsing around with his sons on a Caribbean beach, Geoffrey Wolff was struck down by a catastrophically defective heart. A Day at the Beach captures the personal history leading up to and from this crisis in the middle of life's journey--the recollections of his coming of age as writer, friend, son, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Black Sun: The Brief Transit and Violent Eclipse of Harry Crosby more books like this by Geoffrey Wolff Harry Crosby and his mistress were found dead in a New York hotel room in December 1929. The apparent double suicide caused a huge social scandal, but the circumstances have never been fully explained. Crosby - wealthy, privileged and beautiful - had long flirted with death. Living a Bohemian life in Paris as poet and publisher, he set up the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $33.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Age of Consent more books like this by Geoffrey Wolff The Jenks family live an idyllic life. So why, on 4th July, when Ted is 12 and his sister Maisie 15 does she plunge headfirst, intentionally, into a shallow, rock-filled pool? Her dive, and the dreadful secret it reveals, changes the family forever. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Providence more books like this by G Wolff Providence is fast-paced, taut, and absolutely accurate in its portrayal of small-city life from the top to the very lowest depths. It is also a moving, penetrating novel--as hilarious as it is tragic--about love and corruption, about revenge and dignity and death. Wolff is the author of The Duke of Deception. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Final Club more books like this by Geoffrey Wolff Tenderhearted Nathaniel Clay learns at Princeton his first bitter-comic lesson in the ways of snobbery and the hurts of discrimination as he makes his fateful moves toward membership in an exclusive club--a knowledge that will affect his progress into adult life, marriage and fatherhood. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Art of Burning Bridges: A Life of John O'Hara more books like this by Geoffrey Wolff Geoffrey Wolff's life of John O'Hara (1905-1970) defends him as a better writer than he has ever been given credit for being; in particular, he gives APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA a place among the best American novels. In the course of exploring O'Hara's life, Wolff compares him to his own father (whom he immortalized in his 1969 book, THE DUKE OF ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Best American Essays 1989 more books like this by Geoffrey Wolff (Editor), Robert Atwan (Editor) The new edition of Best American Essays leaves no doubt that this highly acclaimed collection is the showcase for each year's finest nonfiction prose. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $54.26! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Duke of Deception: Memories of My Father more books like this by Geoffrey Wolff A biography of an infamous swindler and moral Houdini, Arthur Samuels "Duke" Wolff. Wolff's life of deception is documented by perhaps the only person he could not con - his son. The author has also written four novels, including "Providence" and "The Final Club". see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
11	The Edge of Maine more books like this by Geoffrey Wolff The Edge of Maine covers many aspects of Maine's famous coast, beginning with fog-an enduring reality- and a harrowing tale about being lost offshore in it without navigational aids. Wolff goes on to describe the coast's geological history and its discovery by Europeans, who settled there early to explore, fish, trap, and lumber. He then turns a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Inklings by Geoffrey Wolff see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13	The Sightseer more books like this by Geoffrey Wolff see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14	Bad Debts by Geoffrey Wolff see all copies from $12.94! signed copies \| first editions
15	An Outside Chance: Classic and New Essays on Sport more books like this by Thomas McGuane, Geoffrey Wolff (Introduction by) From the Florida Keys to the Montana plains to the streams of Michigan, Tom McGuane gives his personal account of a lifetime of sport. see all copies from $5.95! signed copies \| first editions
16	Ashes to Ashes by Geoffrey Wolff see all copies from $10.89!

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