"I see him now! Somewhere out there in that gloaming that we call the Past that Time forgot--his ratty beard and frizzy hair, his hearty grease sandwiches, his rusted bicycle clips. An unlikely hero, your good faces seem to say..." And so we meet our hero Serge "Blue" Gavotte, a modern-day Candide who quits his job, mounts a piano atop a broken-down pushcart and sets off with wife and child on a visionary quest across contemporary America in search of the "Perfect Musical Phrase." From the dismal plains of the Midwest to ...
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"I see him now! Somewhere out there in that gloaming that we call the Past that Time forgot--his ratty beard and frizzy hair, his hearty grease sandwiches, his rusted bicycle clips. An unlikely hero, your good faces seem to say..." And so we meet our hero Serge "Blue" Gavotte, a modern-day Candide who quits his job, mounts a piano atop a broken-down pushcart and sets off with wife and child on a visionary quest across contemporary America in search of the "Perfect Musical Phrase." From the dismal plains of the Midwest to the technicolor sunsets of the Southwest, Blue refuses to let financial troubles, lecherous professors or the burdensome weight of his piano prevent him from reaching his final goal. A work of art masquerading as artifice, "Blue Pastoral" is a madhouse production whose hilarious cast of styles and forms includes everything from Rabelaisian lists to Swiftian satires to parodies of such pastoral modes as the eclogue, the idyll, and the elegy.
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Add this copy of Blue Pastoral to cart. $4.00, like new condition, Sold by Cloud Chamber Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Mount Vernon, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by North Point Press.
Add this copy of Blue Pastoral to cart. $4.50, very good condition, Sold by Liberty Book Shop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Avis, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by North Point Press.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0865470952. Just a hint of edge rubbing, in like DJ. Now protected in a mylar jacket.; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 315 pages.
Add this copy of Blue Pastoral to cart. $6.00, like new condition, Sold by Bedrock Books & Art rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Helena, MT, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by North Point Press.
Add this copy of Blue Pastoral to cart. $6.00, very good condition, Sold by Books End Bookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from SYRACUSE, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by North Point Press.
Add this copy of Blue Pastoral to cart. $7.00, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by North Point Press.
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Very good. Dust jacket in good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Add this copy of Blue Pastoral to cart. $7.00, like new condition, Sold by Enterprise Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by North Point Press.
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Add this copy of Blue Pastoral to cart. $10.40, very good condition, Sold by Vashon Island Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vashon, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by North Point Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Fantasy novel concerning a traveling musician "on an X-rated hegira across America" (remainder mark to lower edge).
