Yates Paul, His Grand Flights, His Tootings (Paperback)

James Baker Hall's blackly comic coming-of-age novel has been denied, by unfortunate circumstances surrounding its original 1964 publication, its rightful place alongside classics such as Catcher in the Rye and One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest in the canon of essential late-twentieth-century American fiction.

Set in Lexington, Kentucky, the story unfolds through the eyes of thirteen-year-old Yates Paul. He becomes consumed with revelations about his inattentive father's loneliness, his grandmother's stormy relationship with his boisterous alcoholic uncle, and the frustration of being the best photography assistant in town when no one else knows it. In pursuing his career and falling in love with women twice his age, the precocious Yates falls back on Walter Mittyesque day-dreams to cope with a frequently humorous, sometimes dark, world.

Long respected among literary insiders, sought after but nearly impossible to obtain, this "lost" classic will finally reach the wider audience it deserves.

General

Imprint:	The University Press of Kentucky
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2002
First published:	September 2002
Authors:	James Baker Hall
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-8131-9035-8
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-8131-9035-5
Barcode:	9780813190358

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