Eight years ago, readers were invited to accompany Maurice Locksley on his rounds, as he paid court to his wife, his ex-wife, and his mistress in dizzying succession. THE MARRIAGE HEARSE, his account of that wild winter's night, was judged one of the funniest, smartest, and most generous novels about marriage from a male point of view. (Phyllis Rose, in The Nation) Locksley himself was by turns so cocky, so self-deprecating, and so funny that it is impossible not to like him. (Publishers Weekly) Most surprisingly, perhaps, ...
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Eight years ago, readers were invited to accompany Maurice Locksley on his rounds, as he paid court to his wife, his ex-wife, and his mistress in dizzying succession. THE MARRIAGE HEARSE, his account of that wild winter's night, was judged one of the funniest, smartest, and most generous novels about marriage from a male point of view. (Phyllis Rose, in The Nation) Locksley himself was by turns so cocky, so self-deprecating, and so funny that it is impossible not to like him. (Publishers Weekly) Most surprisingly, perhaps, the book, according to The New York Times Book Review, was above all a love story, and a rather touching one at that. Now, eight years older in THE ALIBI BREAKFAST, Locksley is still Laugh-out-loud funny (Bloomsbury Review) but not nearly so cocky as he contemplates the possibility that his riches are reduced to a single woman-or is it even worse than that? Certainly it is worse when he considers his work as an author, which has become unpopular and non-existent, in that order. Even his health is precarious. And his three children, so realistically drawn in the earlier volume, have grown into vivid emotional lives of their own. chapters of this bittersweet summer fable. Duberstein's prose is as rich, precise, and allusive as ever; the people in his house are as real as the people in your house (terrifying thought), and he weaves the varied strands of plot into a tale of rare depth and integrity.
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Add this copy of The Alibi Breakfast to cart. $14.00, good condition, Sold by red rover do over rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from luxemburg, WI, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Permanent Press (NY).
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Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Signed by previous owner. The Alibi Breakfast by Duberstein, Larry Illustrated. Hard cover. Permanent Press (NY) (1995) Good in Good dust jacket. Ex-library. Signed by previous owner. ex library book, library... Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 229 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. The Alibi Breakfast by Duberstein, Larry Illustrated. Hard cover. Permanent Press (NY) (1995) Good in Good dust jacket. Ex-library. Signed by previous owner. ex library book, library markings, dj in cell wrap Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 229 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. ---Eight years ago, readers were invited to accompany Maurice Locksley on his rounds, as he paid court to his wife, his ex-wife, and his mistress in dizzying succession. THE MARRIAGE HEARSE, his account of that wild winter's night, was judged "one of the funniest, smartest, and most generous novels about marriage from a male point of view." (Phyllis Rose, in The Nation) Locksley himself was "by turns so cocky, so self-deprecating, and so funny that it is impossible not to like him." (Publishers Weekly) Most surprisingly, perhaps, the book, according to The New York Times Book Review, was "above all a love story, and a rather touching one at that." Now, eight years older in THE ALIBI BREAKFAST, Locksley is still "Laugh-out-loud funny" (Bloomsbury Review) but not nearly so cocky as he contemplates the possibility that his riches are reduced to a single woman-or is it even worse than that? Certainly it is worse when he considers his work as an author, which has become unpopular and non-existent, in that order. Even his health is precarious. And his three children, so realistically drawn in the earlier volume, have grown into vivid emotional lives of their own. Locksley must now watch those lives unfold from his sickbed in the opening chapters of this bittersweet summer fable. Duberstein's prose is as rich, precise, and allusive as ever; the people in his "house" are as real as the people in your house (terrifying thought), and he weaves the varied strands of plot into a tale of rare depth and integrity.
Add this copy of The Alibi Breakfast to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by Collins Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Permanent Press.
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Tight binding, light sticker shadow to ffep, clean throughout, Very Good in minor cover wear, no tears, covers clean, Very Good- jacket. 229pp, smaller octavo.
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Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes Very good condition, very good dust jacket, clean pages, first edition, 8vo, 229 pages*
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