About this title: Calvin Becker is back in a timeless story about the volcanic sexual curiosity of a fourteen-year-old boy born into a fundamentalist family so strict that he has never seen a movie, watched television, or danced (and has to hide his five copies of Mad magazine in the attic). It is 1966, and Ralph and Elsa Becker, Reformed Presbyterian missionaries from Kansas, are stationed in Switzerland, and on a modest ski vacation with their three children: tyrannical eighteen-year-old Janet, angelic Rachael, and our narrator, the irrepressible Calvin, who puzzles over his sisters' bras, as they hang on a ...
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Description: Like New. 2005-Paperback-May contain minor shelf-wear. Otherwise, volume un-read and in "As-New" condition. -Used-Like New-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
Edition: Audio Book edition
Binding: Audiobook (cassette)
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780786126170ISBN:0786126175
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Former public library copy in plastic hardshell case. Tapes/case in great condition.; Unabridged; Read by: Lloyd James; 6 cassettes. About 8.5 hours.; read more
Description: Good. 0786188960 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Good in good packaging. Ex-library. Usual library markings and stickers. 6 audiocassettes in clamshell/8.5 hours play time. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very good. Light wear to edges and pages. Cover and spine show no easily noticeable damage. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Black Swan
Date Published: 01/06/2005
ISBN-13:9780552772716ISBN:0552772712
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780552772716ISBN:0552772712
Description: New. Wonderfully and astutely observed and outrageously funny 'rites of passage' novel. A stand alone novel, but also a sequel to the acclaimed 'Portofino', which is reissued simultaneously in Black Swan. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: 2004-08-23
ISBN-13:9780786714605ISBN:0786714603
Description: Like New. Never Owned Or Read! Some May Have A Publishers Remainder Mark or Light Shelf Wear. NEW CONDITION OTHER THAN PUBLISHERS REMAINDER MARK! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780786714605ISBN:0786714603
Description: Very Good. 0786714603. Book has never been used, but does show some signs of shelf wear, and other wear and tear, which may includes missing dust cover, light scuffs, tears, and very lightly bumped corners, light soil, may have yellowing from age and ink mark (remainder mark).; Calvin Becker Trilogy; 0.79 x 8.5 x 5.51 Inches; 256 pages. read more
Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Date Published: 2004-02
ISBN-13:9780786188963ISBN:0786188960
Description: Very Good. This audio CD has been used, and shows some light wear. This is an Ex-library item with the usual stamps/labels. Email sent when item shipped. We ship promptly in tear resistant mailers and promise you excellent professional customer service. Delivery confirmation available on all shipments. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780786714605ISBN:0786714603
Description: As New. 0786714603. May have light shelf wear and ink mark (remainder mark) on outer edge. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED! ; Calvin Becker Trilogy; 0.79 x 8.5 x 5.51 Inches; 256 pages. read more
"Sex, sin and salvation all contribute to the pubescent awakening of our young narrator, Calvin Becker, on the ski slopes of Zermatt. A sometimes fun, sometimes sad look at this vacationing fundamentalist missionary family, last seen in 'Portofino', the first of this rather entertaining trilogy."
"The sequel to Portofino, it had a weak ending and seemed to go now where after the middle of the book. Still, as someone who was raised in a fundamentalist family, the language is a too familiar. I empathized with Calvin, all the lying and pretending, just to lead a normal life."
"The story of an extremely fundamental missionary family on one of their traditional family vacations is like reading about a train wreck - you can't look away! I was disappointed in the ending but its probably more truthful then my fairy tale version would have been. It's a sad commentary on how religion can cloud and distort the Biblical teachings of Christ that salvation comes from faith and not the from the pitiful attempts we make to be 'good.'"
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