Categories, Collections, Filters & Keywords : Second Hand Books Paperback Modern Mainstream Fiction Keywords_Modern Mainstream Fiction Fiction Book Type & Condition_Second Hand Books Book Type & Condition_Second Hand - Good Book Format_Paperback All Books
Rick Moody - Purple America (2nd Hand Paperback)
ISBN / GTIN-13 : 9780006551027
Synopsis
Purple America begins in a bathtub and ends in Long Island Sound.
In between, Rick Moody's latest novel explores the landscape of a family in crisis.
Dexter (Hex) Raitliffe, a freelance publicist, returns home to care for his mother, Billie, who is dying by inches of a neurological disease that will rob her of motion, of speech, and finally of thought. Billie's second husband has left her - a fact that Hex is unaware of until he comes home - and her only hope for assisted suicide lies in her son. Unfortunately, Hex is barely able to conduct his own life, much less take his mother's.
Purple America takes place over the course of a single night; in that night, Hex gives his mother a bath, reconnects with an old love, gets drunk, and goes after his stepfather to confront him, with tragic results.
As Moody weaves his tale of this fateful Friday evening, he juxtaposes themes of aging, obsolescence, and physical decline with an accident at the nuclear power plant where his stepfather works.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Good
- Category : Fiction - Modern Mainstream Fiction
- Published : 1999 (Flamingo)
- ISBN : 9780006551027
- SKU : B000946
- PPC : LL240gm
- RRP : £6.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"What lifts this novel above its rather depressing subject matter is Moody's unsentimental storytelling and the soaring language with which he gives his characters voice. Purple America is by turns lyrical, tragic, ferocious, and funny, and Rick Moody is a writer with a brilliant future ahead of him." - Google Reviews.
The Author
Hiram Frederick Moody III (born October 18, 1961) is an American novelist and short story writer best known for the 1994 novel The Ice Storm.Delivery & Postage
All books & other items are held in stock and ready for immediate dispatch.
Free local delivery is offered for parts of the Glasgow North Area within 1-2 days (postcode dependant & automatically offered at checkout).
Free UK Delivery on all orders over £10.
Standard UK Delivery is only £1 on orders under £10.
UK Postal delivery is reliably within 2-5 working days and UK Courier delivery slightly faster, within 2-3 working days.
International delivery times obviously vary. Please be aware International orders may attract import duties, taxes or tarrifs, payable by the customer. For International deliveries please include your local phone number with your order (now required by couriers).
Guarantee & Refunds
We offer a Full 14 Day Money Back 'No Questions Asked' Guarantee on all our products. This 14 Day period begins on the day your item is delivered to you.
If, for whatever reason, you're not happy with your purchase just let us know by email and return the books or other items. We'll then refund your money within a day or so of receiving the returned items. Please note though, this refund will not cover the cost of your return postage, only the initial cost of your order and any delivery fee added.
Please don't worry about about the condition of any 2nd Hand Books or other items you purchase, they'll be exactly as described in the details section. (Number of books returned since 2018 - still none).
Availability : In Stock