About this title: Declining celebrity Chet Pomeroy, attempts to win back Catherine, the girl whom he married (or perhaps did not marry) in Panama several years before. His quest for Catherine takes him to Key West, Florida, a centre of commercialism and corruption where nightmares stalk his waking hours.
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780374229429ISBN:0374229422
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Previous owners gift inscription. -----Serving the NW Chicago suburbs and the World since 1975----- read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 1995-Paperback-Cover shows minor shelf wear. ---Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin, Middlesex, England
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780140052749ISBN:0140052747
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Book is in very good condition with slight edgewear. Chet Pomeroy is a declining celebrity-a star whose fame flared, then faded. But can he win back Catherine, perhaps the only person who gives his life hope and meaning, the girl whom he married (or perhaps did not marry? ) in Panama several years before? The answer lies in Key West, Pomeroy's refuge, that extreme point of commercialism and corruption where America's nightmares walk the streets, ... read more
Description: McGuane, Thomas., Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1978, c1978, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), near fine with vg dj (one minor tear), 175 pp, 8vo, 'McGuane's fourth novel is less a book about life in the fast lane than it is about life on the cloverleaf, a life of endless exits; where extreme fame turns out to be the most drastic distorting mirror of all' read more
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