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9780802125750 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, September 6, 2016, cover price $25.00

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Robert Olen Butler's lyrical and poignant collection of stories about the aftermath of the Vietnam War and its impact on the Vietnamese was acclaimed by critics across the nation and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993. Now Grove Press is proud to reissue this contemporary classic by one of America's most important living writers, in a new edition of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain that includes two subsequently published stories -- "Salem" and "Missing" -- that brilliantly complete the collection's narrative journey, returning to the jungles of Vietnam.

Paperback:

9780749397678 | Vintage Uk, October 31, 1993, cover price $11.65 | also contains A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

CD/Spoken Word:

9781522687511 | Mp3 una edition (Audible Studios on Brilliance audio, July 26, 2016), cover price $9.99 | also contains A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781556443985 | Amer Audio Prose Library Inc, March 1, 1995, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Robert Olen Butler's lyrical and poignant collection of stories about the aftermath of the Vietnam War and its impact on the Vietnamese was acclaimed by critics across the nation and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993.

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Product Description: Hatcher McCord is an evening-news presenter who has found himself in Hell and is struggling to explain his bad fortune. He's not the only one to suffer this fate—in fact, he's surrounded by an outrageous cast of characters, including Humphrey Bogart, William Shakespeare, and almost all of the popes and most of the U...read more

Hardcover:

9780802119018 | Grove Pr, September 1, 2009, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Hatcher McCord is an evening news presenter who has found himself in Hell and is struggling to explain his bad fortune.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781522608264 | Mp3 una edition (Audible Studios on Brilliance audio, May 17, 2016), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Hatcher McCord is an evening-news presenter who has found himself in Hell and is struggling to explain his bad fortune.

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Product Description: In the third installment of his critically acclaimed Christopher Marlowe Cobb series, Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler continues to win over readers with the artfulness of his World War I settings and his charismatic leading man, a Chicago war correspondent turned spy...read more

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9780802124265 | Grove Pr, October 13, 2015, cover price $16.00 | also contains The Empire of Night | About this edition: In the third installment of his critically acclaimed Christopher Marlowe Cobb series, Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler continues to win over readers with the artfulness of his World War I settings and his charismatic leading man, a Chicago war correspondent turned spy.

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Product Description: In the first two books of his acclaimed Christopher Marlowe Cobb series, The Hot Country and The Star of Istanbul, Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler captured the hearts of historical crime fiction fans with the artfulness of his World War I settings and his charismatic leading man, a Chicago journalist recruited by American intelligence...read more

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9780802123237 | Grove Pr, October 7, 2014, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: In the first two books of his acclaimed Christopher Marlowe Cobb series, The Hot Country and The Star of Istanbul, Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler captured the hearts of historical crime fiction fans with the artfulness of his World War I settings and his charismatic leading man, a Chicago journalist recruited by American intelligence.

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Product Description: World War I is in full swing. Germany has allied itself with the Ottoman empire, persuading the caliphs of Turkey to declare a jihad on the British empire, as President Woodrow Wilson hesitates to enter the fray. War correspondent and American spy Christopher Marlowe Cobb has been tasked to follow a man named Brauer, a German intellectual and possible secret service agent, into perilous waters aboard the ship Lusitania, as the man is believed to hold information vital to the war effort...read more

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9780802121554 | Grove Pr, October 7, 2013, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: World War I is in full swing.

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9780802120960 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, July 23, 2013), cover price $14.00

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Paperback:

9780802120984 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, March 5, 2013), cover price $14.00

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Product Description: In The Hot Country, Christopher Marlowe Cobb (“Kit”), the swashbuckling early 20th century American newspaper war correspondent travels to Mexico in April and May of 1914, during that country’s civil war, the American invasion of Vera Cruz and the controversial presidency of Victoriano Huerta, El Chacal (The Jackal)...read more

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9780802120465 | Grove Pr, October 2, 2012, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: In The Hot Country, Christopher Marlowe Cobb (“Kit”), the swashbuckling early 20th century American newspaper war correspondent travels to Mexico in April and May of 1914, during that country’s civil war, the American invasion of Vera Cruz and the controversial presidency of Victoriano Huerta, El Chacal (The Jackal).

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Product Description: Set in contemporary New Orleans but working its way back in time, A Small Hotel chronicles the relationship between Michael and Kelly Hays, who have decided to separate after twenty years of marriage. The book begins on the day that the Hays are to finalize their divorce...read more

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9781611204674 | Unabridged edition (Ingram Pub Services, November 15, 2011), cover price $59.99 | About this edition: Set in contemporary New Orleans but working its way back in time, A Small Hotel chronicles the relationship between Michael and Kelly Hays, who have decided to separate after twenty years of marriage.
9781611204704 | Mp3 una edition (Ingram Pub Services, November 15, 2011), cover price $29.99 | About this edition: Set in contemporary New Orleans but working its way back in time, A Small Hotel chronicles the relationship between Michael and Kelly Hays, who have decided to separate after twenty years of marriage.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning master storyteller presents a collection of sixty-two stories, each exactly 240 words in length, that reveal the thoughts and feelings of individuals whose heads have been severed from their bodies, including such characters as Medusa, Anne Boleyn, a chicken, and a man decapitated on the job in 2008.

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9780811856140 | Chronicle Books Llc, August 10, 2006, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Presents sixty-two stories, each exactly 240 words in length, that reveal the thoughts and feelings of individuals whose heads have been severed from their bodies, including such characters as Medusa, Anne Boleyn, a chicken, and a man decapitated on the job in 2008.

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A direct view into the mind and craft of a literary master is offered in a collection of edited transcripts of the author's thought-provoking lectures that reimagine the process of writing as emotional rather than intellectual. Reprint.

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9780802117953 | Grove Pr, April 30, 2005, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: A direct view into the mind and craft of a literary master is offered in a collection of edited transcripts of the author's thought-provoking lectures that reimagine the process of writing as emotional rather than intellectual.

Paperback:

9780802142573 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, March 20, 2006), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A direct view into the mind and craft of a literary master is offered in a collection of edited transcripts of the author's thought-provoking lectures that reimagine the process of writing as emotional rather than intellectual.

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A collection of short fiction inspired by postcards from a bygone era and their messages captures an America of another age in fifteen pieces that include 'Carl and I,' about a young wife responding to her husband who is dying of TB; 'The Ironworkers' Hayride,' in which a young man dates a girl with a wooden leg; and 'The One in White.' Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780802117779 | Grove Pr, July 1, 2004, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: A collection of short fiction inspired by postcards from a bygone era and their messages offers fifteen pieces, including 'Carl and I,' 'The Ironworkers' Hayride,' and 'The One in White.

Paperback:

9780802142047 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, August 9, 2005), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: A collection of short fiction inspired by postcards from a bygone era and their messages captures an America of another age in fifteen pieces that include 'Carl and I,' about a young wife responding to her husband who is dying of TB; 'The Ironworkers' Hayride,' in which a young man dates a girl with a wooden leg; and 'The One in White.

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A novel of love, family, and ownership follows Amy Dickerson, a star employee of a renowned auction house, who has, for years, dealt with family turmoil and the remnants of relationships, as she falls in love with Alain Bouchard, a cultured French business mogul, but their seemingly perfect relationship slowly begins to crumble, forcing Amy to make a startling discovery. Reprint.

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9780802139566 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, November 1, 2002), cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Amy Dickerson, a star employee of a renowned auction house, falls in love with Alain Bouchard, a cultured French business mogul, but their seemingly perfect relationship slowly begins to crumble, forcing Amy to make a startling discovery.

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A powerful novel of love, family, and ownership follows Amy Dickerson, a star employee of a renowned auction house, who has, for years, dealt with family turmoil and the remnants of relationships, as she falls in love with Alain Bouchard, a cultured French business mogul, but their seemingly perfect relationship slowly begins to crumble, forcing Amy to make a startling discovery. 35,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780871138330 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, January 1, 2002, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Amy Dickerson, a star employee of a renowned auction house, falls in love with Alain Bouchard, a cultured French business mogul, but their seemingly perfect relationship slowly begins to crumble, forcing Amy to make a startling discovery.

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A collection of stories about Vietnamese immigrants living in Louisiana as they face love, loss, despair, and the challenges and conflicts of a new life. Reprint. (view table of contents)

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9780805019865 | Henry Holt & Co, March 1, 1992, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A collection of stories about the residents of Saigon as they face love, loss, and despair

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9780802137982 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, April 1, 2001), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A collection of stories about Vietnamese immigrants living in Louisiana as they face love, loss, despair, and the challenges and conflicts of a new life.
9780140176643 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, June 1, 1993), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A collection of stories about Vietnamese immigrants living in Louisiana as they face love, loss, despair, and the challenges and conflicts of a new life

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As an alien visitor prepares to make contact with humanity on the eve of the millennium, he beams a tour bus onto his ship and communes with the outrageous assortment of passengers. Reprint.

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9780802116604 | Grove Pr, January 1, 2000, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: As an alien visitor prepares to make contact with humanity on the eve of the millennium, he beams a tour bus onto his ship and communes with the outrageous assortment of passengers

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9780802137821 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, January 1, 2001), cover price $12.00 | About this edition: As an alien visitor prepares to make contact with humanity on the eve of the millennium, he beams a tour bus onto his ship and communes with the outrageous assortment of passengers.

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A haunting love story emerges from the pain of the Vietnam War as a relationship develops between Tien, a contemporary Vietnamese woman orphaned in 1975, and Ben, a veteran who returns to America seeking peace. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780783884318 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, March 1, 1998), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Traces the romance between a Vietnamese woman whose family is killed in the war and an American veteran returning to Vietnam to make peace with the past
9780805031300 | Henry Holt & Co, January 1, 1998, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: Traces the romance between a Vietnamese woman whose family is killed in the war and an American veteran returning to Vietnam to make peace with the past

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9780805060010 | Reprint edition (Henry Holt & Co, January 1, 1999), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Traces the romance between a Vietnamese woman whose family is killed in the war and an American veteran returning to Vietnam to make peace with the past

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A collection of stories by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author includes such unique titles as 'Boy Born with Tattoo of Elvis,' 'Titanic Victim Speaks Through Waterbed,' and 'JFK Secretly Attends Jackie Auction.' Reprint. 35,000 first printing. NYT.

Hardcover:

9780805031317 | Henry Holt & Co, October 1, 1996, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: A collection of short stories features such tales as 'Boy Born With Elvis Tattoo,' 'Titanic Victim Speaks Through Water Bed,' and 'Woman Uses Glass Eye to Spy on Cheating Husband'

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9780805055894 | Reprint edition (Henry Holt & Co, October 1, 1997), cover price $12.00 | About this edition: A collection of short stories features such tales as 'Boy Born With Elvis Tattoo,' 'Titanic Victim Speaks Through Water Bed,' and 'Woman Uses Glass Eye to Spy on Cheating Husband'

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In an attempt to make sense of his disappointing life, a thirty-five-year-old man explores his sexual history with the woman of his childhood fantasies, a series of Vietnamese prostitutes, a stranger, and his jealous wife. Reprint. NYT.

Hardcover:

9780805019858 | Henry Holt & Co, January 1, 1994, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Recalling all the women he has ever loved, public relations man Ira Holloway explores his sexuality and the profound hold it has on him

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9780140243932 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, March 1, 1995), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Recalling all the women he has ever loved, public relations man Ira Holloway explores his sexuality and the profound hold it has on him

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Product Description: Ten miles apart in a New Mexico desert, unknown to each other, two scientists are involved in secret work. One is engaged in unearthing the past, the other in shattering the present. Through the contrasting mysteries of their projects and the woman they both love, they come to a confrontation...read more

Hardcover:

9780805032024 | Reissue edition (Henry Holt & Co, April 1, 1994), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Ten miles apart in a New Mexico desert, unknown to each other, two scientists are involved in secret work.

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In 1932 Wabash, Illinois, Deborah and Jeremy Cole, estranged since the death of their daughter, try to work out their grief through involvement in family concerns and the labor movement

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9780805032000 | Henry Holt & Co, April 1, 1994, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: In 1932 Wabash, Illinois, Deborah and Jeremy Cole, estranged since the death of their daughter, try to work out their grief through involvement in family concerns and the labor movement

Paperback:

9780805031386 | Owlet, April 1, 1994, cover price $11.00 | About this edition: In 1932 Wabash, Illinois, Deborah and Jeremy Cole, estranged since the death of their daughter, try to work out their grief through involvement in family concerns and the labor movement

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Wilson Hand, haunted by memories of his ex-wife's suicide and his captivity with the Viet Cong, leaves his urban industrial investigation business to become a troubleshooter for an Alaskan oil company

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9780818006364 | Horizon Pr, October 1, 1982, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Wilson Hand, haunted by memories of his ex-wife's suicide and his captivity with the Viet Cong, leaves his urban industrial investigation business to become a troubleshooter for an Alaskan oil company

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9780805031430 | Owlet, April 1, 1994, cover price $11.00 | About this edition: Wilson Hand, haunted by memories of his ex-wife's suicide and his captivity with the Viet Cong, leaves his urban industrial investigation business to become a troubleshooter for an Alaskan oil company
9780345321251 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, June 1, 1985), cover price $2.95 | About this edition: Wilson Hand, haunted by memories of his ex-wife's suicide and his captivity with the Viet Cong, leaves his urban industrial investigation business to become a troubleshooter for an Alaskan oil company

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