My Uncle Dudley (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed)

Saroyan derivative for this first novel of laconic, warm-hearted character interpretation as a carload of assorted personalities make their way south and east from California. Uncle Dudley, resilient, earthily philosophic, manages to sell all the space in a car, as yet unbought, and with his nephew, the Kid, collects his passengers in the second hand Harmon?? their passage money has purchased. Troubles, gay and grim, dog their way, the ?? costs more and more; eating and sleeping provide plenty of incidents, as friction breaks out among the seven passengers, and Uncle Dudley manages to keep the group together until a last, disastrous breakup of the car lands the survivors in jail where the inmates take some of the starch out of even Uncle Dudley. Modern pilgrimage in modern manner, with much that is likable. (Kirkus Reviews)

"A wryly humorous chronicle of an odyssey which The Kid--the unnamed adolescent narrator--and his Uncle Dudley make across the country in an old Marmon touring car with seven men who share expenses. The events occur in the mid-1920s, 'the Homeric phase of the gas buggy era.' . . . In the context of American fictional heritage, the passengers float down the Big Muddy on the raft, refugees from the world of Aunt Sally. Dudley and The Kid, and even the car, are archetypes--the Uncle one had, or wishes on had had; the Huck Finn some were and all would like to have been; and the car one would most like to have 'tooled' down the open road."--David Madden, Wright Morris. "A brashly picaresque novel. . . . Fast-paced, delightfully humorous, sometimes Rabelaisian."--The Nation. My Uncle Dudley is Wright Morris's first novel, originally published in 1942. One of the most distinguished American authors, Morris (1910-1988) wrote thirty-three books including The Field of Vision, which won the National Book Award. Both books area available from the University of Nebraska Press.

General

Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 1975
First published:	1975
Authors:	Wright Morris
Dimensions:	203 x 133 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	211
Edition:	2 Rev Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-5804-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-8032-5804-6
Barcode:	9780803258044

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