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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Vintage Books
Publication date June 1, 1998
Pages 391
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780375701900
ISBN-10 0375701907
Dimensions 1 by 5.25 by 8.50 in.
Weight 0.70 lbs.
Original list price $15.95
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
The author of Nobody's Fool chronicles a singularly eventful week in the life of William Henry Devereaux, Jr., a once-promising novelist and now the middle-aged chairman of a university English department in hilarious disarray. Reprint. 60,000 first printing. Tour. NYT.
Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780679432463
 
from Random House Inc (June 1, 1997)
9780679432463 | details & prices | 391 pages | 6.75 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.65 lbs | List price $25.00
About: During one tortuous week, Hank Devereaux, head of the English department at the state university in Railton, Pennsylvania, has his nose slashed by a feminist poet, finds his secretary is a better writer than he is, suspects his wife is having an affair, threatens wild fowl, and confronts his father.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780375701900
 
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from Vintage Books (June 1, 1998)
9780375701900 | details & prices | 391 pages | 5.25 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $15.95
About: The author of Nobody's Fool chronicles a singularly eventful week in the life of William Henry Devereaux, Jr.
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9780739307861
 
With Hal Linden (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Random House (August 1, 2003)
9780739307861 | details & prices | List price $44.95
About: Chronicles a singularly eventful week in the life of William Henry Devereaux, Jr.
Cassette/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9780679460046 Book cover for 9780739306918
 
With Sam Freed (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Random House (August 1, 2003)
9780739306918 | details & prices | 4.00 × 6.00 × 2.75 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $39.95
About: Chronicles a singularly eventful week in the life of William Henry Devereaux, Jr.
With Hal Linden (other contributor) | from Random House (April 1, 1997)
9780679460046 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $18.00
About: During one tortuous week, Hank Devereaux, head of the English department at the state university in Railton, Pennsylvania, has his nose slashed by a feminist poet, finds his secretary is a better writer than he is, suspects his wife is having an affair, threatens wild fowl, and confronts his father.

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