- Paperback: 293 pages
- Publisher: Vintage Books; Reprint edition (Mar 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0679743790
- ISBN-13: 978-0679743798
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.2 x 2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,576,887 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this shattering novel, a man walks into a convenience store--which turns out to be precisely the wrong place at the wrong time. The near-death and seemingly arbitrary survival of Charles Connally are rendered with a realism, horror, and compassion that explore the strands of brutality running invisibly through his life, his wife's--and perhaps, that of the entire nation. Author reading tour.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
What Happened, Indeed
27 May 1999
Format:Paperback
What happened is right, as another reviewer asked. But what I want to know is why is this book no longer in print? It is one of the best I have read in ages...an excellent treatment of an unfortunately pervasive issue. I read Good Night Mr. & Mrs. America and was less than impressed, but this was great stuff.
what happened?
26 Jun 1998
Format:Paperback
I was thrilled by "The Fireman's Wife." An absolute masterpiece of a story. Even "The Last Good Time" held me through a rather mundane, magicless world of the over-ordinary with sustained interest..."Violence," on the other hand, drilled in me a hole out through which a lot of my respect for Mr. Bausch leaked. This book plods and plods, wanting to be held up by Bausch's reverence for the common, but with no strength to its pylons. A shame, a shame.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Good story!
30 Jun 1999
Format:Paperback
Hi, I'm glad that Richard Bausch is enjoying success! He was my creative writing professor at Northern Virgina Community College approximately 19 years ago and he's come a long, long way! Much luck to you and yours! I have a first edition of Mr. Bausch's first book, REAL PRESENCE, which is autographed -- but, alas, it's lost someone in a stack of boxes and cartons in my mom's home in Florida. Hope to find it someday and re-read! A former student of Richard Bausch -- now, also, a writer!
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