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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Soft Skull Pr
Publication date
February 28, 2007
Pages
320
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781933368603
ISBN-10
1933368608
Dimensions
1.25 by 6 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.15 lbs.
Original list price
$25.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A band of futuristic survivors from the cataclysmic decimation of the Chrysler Building sets out to establish an outpost in southern Virginia with an intention of finding oil and exploiting the region's Native American controllers, an effort aided by text-messaging technology and telepathic plots. By the author of The Sleeping Father.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Jamestown chronicles a group of Âsettlersâ (more like survivors) from the ravaged island of Manhattan, departing just as the Chrysler Building has mysteriously plummeted to the earth. This ragged band is heading down whatâs left of I-95 in a half-school bus, half-Millennium Falcon. Their goal is to establish an outpost in southern Virginia, find oil, and exploit the Indians controlling the area. Based on actual accounts of the Jamestown settlement from 1607 to 1617, Jamestown features historical characters including John Smith, Pocahontas, and others enacting an imaginative re-version of life in the pioneer colony. In this retelling, Pocahontasâs father Powhatan is half-Falstaff, half-Henry V, while his consigliere is a psychiatrist named Sidney Feingold. John Martin gradually loses body parts in a series of violent encounters, and John Smith is a ruthless and pragmatic redhead continually undermining the aristocratic leadership. Communication is by text-messaging, IMing, and, ultimately, telepathy. Punctuated by jokes, rhymes, Ârim shotâ dialogue, and bloody black-comic tableaux, Jamestown is a trenchant commentary on America's past and present that confirms Matthew Sharpeâs status as a major talent in contemporary fiction.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Soft Skull Pr (February 28, 2007)
9781933368603 | details & prices | 320 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $25.00
About: After the cataclysmic decimation of the Chrysler Building, a band of survivors sets out to establish an outpost in Virginia with the intention of finding oil and exploiting the region's Native American controllers.
About: After the cataclysmic decimation of the Chrysler Building, a band of survivors sets out to establish an outpost in Virginia with the intention of finding oil and exploiting the region's Native American controllers.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Mariner Books (May 5, 2008)
9780156031714 | details & prices | 409 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $21.95
About: A group of "settlers" (more like survivors) arrive in Virginia from the ravished island of Manhattan, intending to establish an outpost, find oil, and exploit the Indians controlling the area.
About: A group of "settlers" (more like survivors) arrive in Virginia from the ravished island of Manhattan, intending to establish an outpost, find oil, and exploit the Indians controlling the area.
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