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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Harcourt on Demand
Publication date November 1, 1985
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780156708005
ISBN-10 0156708000
Dimensions 0.50 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight 0.40 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $15.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Successful middle-aged English novelist Wilfred Barclay becomes locked in a mutually lethal relationship with an American professor of English literature who aims to become the authorized biographer and posthumous editor--the Barclay authority
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English novelist Wilfred Barclay, who has known fame, success, and fortune, is in crisis. He faces a drinking problem slipping over the borderline into alcoholism, a dead marriage, and the incurable itch of middle age lust. But the final, unbearable irritation is American Professor of English Literature Rick L. Tucker, who is implacable in his determinition to become The Barclay Man: authorized biographer, editor of the posthumous papers and the recognized authority.



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Editions for the work The Paper Men
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780374229801
 
from Farrar Straus & Giroux (April 1, 1984)
9780374229801 | details & prices | List price $13.95
About: Successful middle-aged English novelist Wilfred Barclay becomes locked in a mutually lethal relationship with an American professor of English literature who aims to become the authorized biographer and posthumous editor--the Barclay authority
Paperback
Book cover for 9780156708005 Book cover for 9780374526399
 
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With Linda Jones (other contributor), Bill Minutaglio | from Harcourt on Demand (November 1, 1985)
9780156708005 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $15.00
This edition also contains In Search of the Blues: A Journey to the Soul of Black Texas
About: Successful middle-aged English novelist Wilfred Barclay becomes locked in a mutually lethal relationship with an American professor of English literature who aims to become the authorized biographer and posthumous editor--the Barclay authority
from Farrar Straus & Giroux (December 1, 1984)
9780374526399 | details & prices | 0.25 × 5.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $17.00
About: English novelist Wilfred Barclay, who has known fame, success, and fortune, is in crisis.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780156708005
 
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With William Golding, Bill Minutaglio | from Harcourt on Demand (November 1, 1985); titled "The Paper Men"
9780156708005 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $15.00
This edition also contains The Paper Men
About: Successful middle-aged English novelist Wilfred Barclay becomes locked in a mutually lethal relationship with an American professor of English literature who aims to become the authorized biographer and posthumous editor--the Barclay authority

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