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Shadow Play: A Novel

by Charles Baxter

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Without question Charles Baxter, whose ravishing novel The Feast of Love was a National Book Award finalist, is one of our finest contemporary writers. In the novel Shadow Play, a decent man, having made a "devil's bargain," finds himself on that precarious border between personal love and social responsibility.

Review:

"Baxter is at his best in his short stories; here, he leaves the reader with less than satisfying resolutions. But his odd characters, set in familiar American landscapes and rendered in a fine, controlled style, remain vivid. Recommended." Library Journal

Review:

"In his quiet cosmic wonderment, Baxter is the equal of John Updike and Anne Tyler at their largest and best." GQ

Review:

"We have the satisfaction of having been immersed in a beautifully rendered and fully imagined world." Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

Synopsis:

His wife does gymnastics and magic tricks. His crazy mother invents her own vocabulary, and his aunt writes her own version of the Bible. Through all this, Wyatt Palmer tries to live a normal life. But when he lures a toxic waste producing chemical plant to his economically depressed town, Wyat discovers he has truly made a deal with the Devil.
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About the Author

Charles Baxter lives in Ann Arbor and teaches at the University of Michigan. He is the recipient of a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Foundation Award for Writers and an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780393322743
Author:
Baxter, Charles
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Good and evil
Subject:
Real estate development
Subject:
Michigan
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
2001
Publication Date:
September 2001
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
400
Dimensions:
8.3 x 5.6 x 1.1 in 0.82 lb
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Product details 400 pages W. W. Norton & Company - English 9780393322743 Reviews:
"Review" by , "Baxter is at his best in his short stories; here, he leaves the reader with less than satisfying resolutions. But his odd characters, set in familiar American landscapes and rendered in a fine, controlled style, remain vivid. Recommended."
"Review" by , "In his quiet cosmic wonderment, Baxter is the equal of John Updike and Anne Tyler at their largest and best."
"Review" by , "We have the satisfaction of having been immersed in a beautifully rendered and fully imagined world."
"Synopsis" by , His wife does gymnastics and magic tricks. His crazy mother invents her own vocabulary, and his aunt writes her own version of the Bible. Through all this, Wyatt Palmer tries to live a normal life. But when he lures a toxic waste producing chemical plant to his economically depressed town, Wyat discovers he has truly made a deal with the Devil.
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