Rex Stories (Paperback)

Rex Stories are the stories of occupants of the Manhattan-based Rex Hotel. Among others, there's Ric the paranoid Cuban, who's beset upon by a CIA-led infestation of cockroaches; Joey who aspires to ski the slopes on white lines of cocaine; deluded Alex who preaches life without illusions; and Luce who looks upon the Rex as "the last refuge of the Real People." Whether or not true, Lawton makes them seem real enough; moreover, surrounded by gentrification, theirs is a reality they can't always bear. Thus readers should be warned: Lawton doesn't offer us a cast of raffish Guys and Dolls, Damon Runyon-type characters. The occupants of the Rex are much more descendants of those who once frequented a Greenwich Village saloon-rooming house nearly a century before, the same ones the playwright Eugene O'Neil first introduced us to in the Iceman Cometh.

General

Imprint:	Sasha Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2012
First published:	March 2012
Authors:	Rick Lawton
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-0-9788862-4-0
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories Promotions
LSN:	0-9788862-4-0
Barcode:	9780978886240

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