1994 "Merry Men" by Carolyn Chute - first edition
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A first edition of 695 pages, all clean and securely bound to the cover. Shown in the dustcover, it could almost pass for brand new!
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In her third novel, Chute unfolds the further exploits of the country folk of Egypt, Maine. Who is stealing from the few well-off people of Egypt, Maine, and leaving behind coffins containing life-sized, look-alike dummies? Is it the same person who leaves jars of money on the doorsteps of the needy? To answer these questions, and to develop her Robin Hood metaphor, Chute gives us a graphic look into the lives of several generations of Egypt's working-class clans. Seeming at first like a loose collection of disjointed tales, a portrait gallery of rural grotesques, the novel gains unity as its theme of exploitation becomes more apparent and its two central stories--a teenage girl's attempt to organize the townswomen to protest hunting and a road commissioner's maneuver to control his men by firing them and hiring them back for lower wages--begin to interconnect and reflect off one another. Chute's politics get a little too preachy near the end, but her people and their universal plight linger in the memory.
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| Synopsis | |
| The third installment in Chute's saga of Egypt, Maine with its huge cast of characters, this time headed by eight-year-old Lloyd Barrington. |
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| Size | |
| Length: | 695 pages |
| Height: | 9.8 in. |
| Width: | 6.5 in. |
| Thickness: | 2.2 in. |
| Weight: | 39.2 oz. |
| Publisher's Note | |
| The Barringtons' clan wins a reputation for eccentricity with the behavior of Unk Walty, who constructs life-like and life-size sculptures of Egypt, Maine, residents The Barringtons' clan wins a reputation for eccentricity with the behavior of Unk Walty, who constructs life-like and life-size sculptures of Egypt, Maine, residents. By the author of The Beans of Egypt, Maine. |
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| Industry reviews | |
| "One of the very few books from the end of our century that will be worth remembering....'Merry Men' is a book beyond comparisons. Chute has managed to realize the scope and ambition of Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha cycle within the covers of a single book. Take the whole trilogy together and we are faced with a masterpiece." Publisher's Catalog - Madison Smartt Bell "No matter how desperate its present or dim its future, we hope Egypt lasts forever. We do not ever want to let these people go." Aberjhani "Astonishing...an extraordinary mixture of local and lyric voices...so compelling that you don't read it to get somewhere, only to be there." Aberjhani |
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| Listing Type | Free Listing |
| Listing ID# | 36657400 |
| Start Time | Wed 13 Mar 2013 13:17:24 (BST) |
| Close Time | 7 days > 1st bid |
| Starting Bid | US$9.95 (£7.99) |
| Item Condition | Unused |
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| Views | 853 |
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| Quantity | 1 |
| Location | United States |
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| Subject | Folklore, Mythology |