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First published in 1970 to great acclaim, this novel stands as one of the most dazzling and rigorous examples of the storyteller's craft in postwar American literature--a novel that, according to Irving Howe, ranks with "Billy Budd" and "The Great Gatsby".
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Editions
12 editions · 3 languages- Other · English · 2015Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. · 192 pages · 9780393351101
- Other · English · 2013HarperCollins Publishers Limited · 9780007397457
- Other · English · 2003Flamingo · 176 pages · 9780007150380
- Other · English · 1999W.W. Norton · 156 pages · 9780393318944
- Other · English · 1999Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. · 192 pages · 9780393342123
- Other · English · 1980Nonpareil Books · 166 pages · 9780879233099
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