About this title: One hot afternoon in 1910, the Reverend Clarence Wilmot, standing in the rectory of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, experiences the last vestiges of his faith departing. True to this revelation, Clarence abandons the pulpit and becomes an encyclopedia salesman. What follows is the saga of the Wilmot family, one wandering tapestry thread within the ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780449911211ISBN:0449911217
Description: Good. First Edition. Slight cover wear with minor scuffing to edges. Age toning. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780449911211ISBN:0449911217
Description: Acceptable. Cover wear with scuffing to edges. Curl to cover bottom right edge. Minor tare ti spine. Minor staining to borders. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780679446408ISBN:0679446400
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Description: Good. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780679446408ISBN:0679446400
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1996-01-16
ISBN-13:9780679446408ISBN:0679446400
Description: Good. Reading crease on spine. Text is clean and bright. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! Corners and edges slightly rubbed and bumped. read more
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"I was new to Updike when I began reading this- his prose style and descriptive abilities are amazing. So much visual imagery-and analogies that really pull you in. Updike has an ingenious way of telling the story through the various characters' voices and moving it along through the eyes and experiencesof different generations of people."
"A story of the fate of religious faith in the 20th century, from a Presbyterian minister's loss of faith at the turn of the century, through the myth-making power of cinema at mid-century, to a radical, cultlike faith in the 1980s. It's Updike's usual grand sweep, only more so, along with his perceptiveness about the passions of white, middle-class American males (like me), only more so, & particularly less of his usual preoccupation with sex."
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