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Floatplane Notebooks (Mass Market Paperback)

by Clyde Edgerton (Author) "The dogs breathe in my face..." (more)
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4.3 out of 5 stars  (7 customer reviews)


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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
The voices of various narrators produce a composite family portrait that takes the Copelands, a blue-collar North Carolina family, from the placid summer of 1956 to the Vietnam War years. "This is a mature novel in which Edgerton's subtle mastery of his craft is made increasingly clear," said PW.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
Despite their diversity, the Copelands are drawn together twice each year by recurring rituals of family unitythe spring grave cleaning and the winter trip to visit Uncle Hawk in Florida. By skillfully using six different first-person narrators, Edgerton recounts the family exploits between 1956 and 1971 and provides significant glimpses of family history as far back as the Civil War. The book's focus is on the family as an abiding unit, but a single character who does stand out is Meredith. His mischief provides much of the outrageous humor in early chapters, and his war injuries in Vietnam lead to a painful but moving climax. Like Edgerton's two earlier novels ( Raney, LJ 4/1/85; Walking Across Egypt, LJ 3/15/87), this one should have wide appeal.Albert E. Wilhelm, Tennessee Technological Univ., Cookeville
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details
  • Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books (October 14, 1989)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345359844
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345359841
  • Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,722,468 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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