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Sinopse
Roth continues his string of small, anti–Horatio Alger novels (The Humbling; etc.) with this underwhelming account of Bucky Cantor, the young playground director of the Chancellor Avenue playground in 1944 Newark. When a polio outbreak ravages the kids at the playground, Bucky, a hero to the boys, becomes spooked and gives in to the wishes of his fiancée, who wants him to take a job at the Pocono summer camp where she works. But this being a Roth novel, Bucky can't hide from his fate. Fast-forward to 1971, when Arnie Mesnikoff, the subtle narrator and one of the boys from Chancellor, runs into Bucky, now a shambles, and hears the rest of his story of piercing if needless guilt, bad luck, and poor decisions. Unfortunately, Bucky's too simple a character to drive the novel, and the traits that make him a good playground director--not very bright, quite polite, beloved, straight thinking--make him a lackluster protagonist. For Roth, it's surprisingly timid.
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Especificações
ISBN | 9780547318356 |
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Pré venda | Não |
Peso | 339g |
Autor para link | ROTH PHILIP |
Livro disponível - pronta entrega | Não |
Dimensões | 23 x 16 x 1 |
Idioma | Inglês |
Tipo item | Livro Importado |
Número de páginas | 304 |
Número da edição | 1ª EDIÇÃO - 2010 |
Código Interno | 643165 |
Código de barras | 9780547318356 |
Acabamento | HARDCOVER |
Autor | ROTH, PHILIP |
Editora | HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT |
Sob encomenda | Não |
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