The Night Inspector

Frederick Busch

ISBN 10: 0609602357 / ISBN 13: 9780609602355

Verlag: Harmony, 1999

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Inhaltsangabe:

When William Bartholomew, a maimed veteran of the Civil War, becomes involved with a Creole prostitute in 1867 New York City, he discovers the continuing underground trade in black people, a case that embroils him with Boston newpaperman Samuel Mordechai and a deputy customs inspector named Herman Melville. 30,000 first printing. Tour.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: Frederick Busch is the Edgar Fairchild Professor of Literature at Colgate University.

<b>Frederick Busch's</b> most recent book, <b>Girls</b>, was a <i>New York Times</i> Notable book for 1997. His short story collection, <b>The Children in the Woods</b>, was a finalist for the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. He has received the PEN/Malamud Award for achievement in short fiction, the National Jewish Book Award, as well as an award for fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has held Woodrow Wilson, National Endowment for the Arts, James Merrill, and Guggenheim fellowships and has been acting director of the Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. The Edgar Fairchild Professor of Literature at Colgate University, he teaches creative writing and fiction and also directs the Living Writers program.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Night Inspector
Verlag: Harmony
Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
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