Misplaced persons [Hardcover]

Lee John Harding (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1979

As everything around him grows gray and insubstantial, a teenage boy wonders whether the world is going crazy or he is.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 149 pages
• Publisher: Harper & Row; 1st edition (1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060222166
• ISBN-13: 978-0060222161
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,112,994 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT read, November 3, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Misplaced Persons (Paperback)

I havn't read it since it's first publication, but Misplaced Persons remains vividly in my recollection. A young man finds his link with the physical world around him disappearing, and he must figure out a way to survive. This short novel truly provokes a "sense of wonder". If you can find it, get it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Displaced or Misplaced?, October 14, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Misplaced persons (Hardcover)

This book is also named "Displaced Person" and I, a 15 year old student read it in less than one hour. A short story? Just about. It almost seems as though the author has written a short story, been told how excellent it is, and prompted to write it into a novel!

Misplaced Persons is a 'different' read, the author taking on an unusual approach to character development and overall narrative. The tension is set from the beginning, and does not stop until the very end...each little 'climax' adding more and more...enough to drive you insane!

Although Misplaced Persons has been given many awards, I would not reccomend it for a good read by the fireplace. It is a book to read while in bed....and wanting to get to sleep in a hurry.