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Never's Just the Echo of Forever (Paperback)
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Never's Just the Echo of Forever (Paperback)
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This is the story of 29-year-old Albie Starbach, a reclusive man
who is the caretaker of a large rooming house, with a day job as a
crossing guard. He is a caring man. But he is also a dangerous
man… living in a world that to him is threatening because he
feels he has been wronged, and he is resentful. He has wired the
rooming house with dynamite, and every time he goes out, he sets a
timer. He had better get back in time or the house will blow.
Often, it is not easy to get back; out on the streets desperado
cowboys in the trees talk to him, “working women” taunt him,
the police accost him. His only companion is his legless mother
who, in a wheelchair in their basement rooms, conducts day-long
derisive arguments with the television, as if all those people were
alive in her room. Living together at the bottom of their world,
mother and son feed each other their rage, their righteous
indignation, their sense of moral singularity. Determinedly alone,
determinedly wounded, they are embattled, and their story is very
much a story of our time, and the world had better watch out
because this caretaker is prepared to take everyone with him.
General
Imprint: |
Exile Editions
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Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Barry Callaghan
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Dimensions: |
203 x 127mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
220 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-55096-961-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-55096-961-7 |
Barcode: |
9781550969610 |
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