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Philadelphia Fire (Paperback)

by John Edgar Wideman (Author)
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; n.e. edition (30 April 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140105964
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140105964
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,879,154 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7000 miles from Philadelphia, on an island in the Aegean, Cudgoe spends his time drifting aimlessly - safely cocooned from friends and family. Having fled from a life of promise as a teacher, writer, husband and father, he finds even ten years of self-exile have not eased his sense of failure.

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4.0 out of 5 stars weird but good, 25 Mar 2003
This review is from: Philadelphia Fire (Paperback)
Its a bit of a strange one this, it has quite a post modern feel to it. It concerns a man called Cudhoe who returns from self imposed exile to America to search for a missing boy, and in doing so searches out his own past.

There are lots of different voices, and confusing jumping back and forth through time going on here, which can make it a bit confusing, but all the more fascinating.

Definitely worth the effort.

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