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The Rooster Trapped In The Reptile Room

A Barry Gifford Reader

Barry Gifford Andrei Codrescu Thomas A. McCarthy

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English
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
01 August 2011
"""Everything I have to say about race and religion and politics is in the novels,"" declares Barry Gifford. The Rooster Trapped in the Reptile Room gathers generous portions of all thirteen novels and novellas, as well as first-person essays, generous helpings of poetry, journalism, and a new interview with the author. The broad contours of an episodic output emerge-a full-length view of the freaks and freakish incidents that populate Gifford's unique human comedy. A world, as Lula, the author's favorite of all his characters, reflects, ""wild at heart and weird on top."" The Rooster Trapped in the Reptile Room provides essential reading for anyone after the soul of American writing."
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Imprint:   Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 228mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   638g
ISBN:   9781583225257
ISBN 10:   1583225250
Pages:   640
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Barry Gifford's book Night People was awarded the Premio Brancati in Italy, and he has been the recipient of awards from PEN, the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Library Association, and the Writers Guild. David Lynch's film based on Wild at Heart won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990, and Gifford co-wrote with Lynch the film Lost Highway, as well as the screenplay City of Ghosts with director Matt Damon. His recent books include Wyoming (named a Best Novel of the Year by the Los Angeles Times), and American Falls: The Collected Short Stories (also available from Turnaround).

Reviews for The Rooster Trapped In The Reptile Room: A Barry Gifford Reader

Nearly every Gifford story opens a Pandora's Box of uncontainable emotions.... There's no one like Barry Gifford, which is the best reason to read him. Gifford cuts right to the heart of what makes a good novel readable and entertaining: the voices of real people. The way he does it, it's high art.


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