About this title: A quartet of novellas including "Accountant", "Batorsag and Szerelem", "City of Broken Dreams" and "The Palace Thief". In the title story a teacher spots the seeds of corruption in a wayward student and watches with fascinated horror as the boy, and then the man flourishes.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679419624ISBN:0679419624
Description: Very Good. 0679419624 light shelf wear / edge wear cover / pages very good condition//"Buy with Confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Customer Service Makes All the Difference. " read more
Edition: Large type / large print.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G. K. Hall & Company
Date published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780816174683ISBN:0816174687
Description: Acceptable. May contain some marks or highlighting. Good dust jacket. Former Library book. Bookplate inside. Large Print edition. Inside clean. read more
Edition: Large type / large print.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G K Hall & Co
Date published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780816174683ISBN:0816174687
Description: Good in Good jacket. 249-Y-Add this is a large print Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679419624ISBN:0679419624
Description: Very good. 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
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679419624ISBN:0679419624
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679419624ISBN:0679419624
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679419624ISBN:0679419624
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Edition: Large Print Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G K Hall & Co
Date published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780816174683ISBN:0816174687
Description: A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -Large Print Edition, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, Random House 1994
Date published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679419624ISBN:0679419624
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. -First edition, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
"This novella has 2 main characters (aclassical Greek professor, and a bright, popular student) who are pitted against each other. One is concerned with the nature of leading an examined life and the other is concerned with the quickest way to worldly success. The compromising of ethical principles is a theme in the story, i.e. "romantic" politics vs. "real" politics. The reader learns that Values = Actions; The end depends upon the beginning. This would be a great book to read and discuss with students of any age."
"A book of four excellent short stories about 'people struggling to understand themselves and the unexpected turns their lives have taken'. The author captures the voice of each of the four very different protagonists---an accountant, a teenage boy in 1973, a divorced father of a college-age son, and a history teacher at a boarding school. The writing is eloquent and the stories continue to float through my thoughts. I wish each had been its own novel. Highly recommended."
"Really not much to say about this book. It is entertaining and Canin does create relationships between his characters in very interesting ways. It was a quick read, just not a very compelling one."
"This is one of the many titles on my son's suggested book list for summer reading. I decided to read a few from the list myself - this was definitely a favorite. I thoroughly enjoyed the quality of the writing in this collection of 4 stories .. I look forward to reading more of Ethan Canin's work."
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