Download read spooner 2009 by pete dexter in pdf, epub. The influence of a very fine stepfather made all the difference and is a lesson for us all. The story of spooner is the story of how calmer made spooner, and of how spooner made himself. His mother lily, who may have been happy only twice in her life the night jfk was elected president, and the day richard nixon quit the white house soon loses her husband and spooners father ward to a. Pete dexter writes what he knows in spooner the new york. Warren spooner, the eponymous hero of pete dexters richly comic new novel, is a very naughty boy. The accounts of newspapering are deadon and worth the price of the book. The relationship between the two takes up most of the book, though author pete dexter takes his time detailing how spooner somewhat improbably goes from baseball player to newspaper columnist and stumbles into a relatively happy life, even as calmers is falling apart. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. His second book, deadwood, came out in 1986 and still reigns as one of the. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Robert lennon, lewis nordan, charles portis, scott spencer and john welter. He wasnt very good at mail and quit, then caught on as a newspaper reporter in florida, which he was not very good at, got married, and was not very good at that.
Oct 14, 2009 pete dexter returns with an autobiographical novel, spooner, a cradletograve yarn about a wellmeaning but wayward soul and his saintly stepfather. Pete dexter s spooner is a tender, masculine story that the author asserts is somewhat autobiographical but the strong prose sets dexter in the company of such underappreciated novelist as percival everett, j. About 200 pages in, you realize, not without alarm, that the novel is a diaphanously veiled account of the life and times of one pete dexter. The brother of the homicide victim was a bartender at a local bar in the schuylkill neighborhood. He has been a columnist for the philadelphia daily news and the sacramento bee, more about pete dexter. As a young man, spooner gets a job as a reporter by. The perpetrators were upset by a recent column about a murder involving drug dealgonewrong. Pete dexter is the author of the national book awardwinning novel paris trout as well as spooner, paper trails, gods pocket, deadwood, brotherly love, and train. Not if its anything like spooner has spooner turned you off from other books in this genre. Possible ex library copy, thatll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. What genrecharacter study with no story line or plot.
He has been a columnist for the philadelphia daily news and the sacramento bee, and has contributed to many magazines, including esquire, sports illustrated, and playboy. The dog would not come, or sit, or answer to his name, and sometimes calmer sat holding it in the utility room where they kept it at night looking it over in the same peculiar way he sometimes looked at spooner, when he thought spooner wasnt watching. Spooner s life is very much like the life of pete dexter which may have made his writing about even the craziest events seem very real. Warren spooner arrives in unpromising circumstances, after his mother labored for 53 hours and his betterlooking twin brother was born dead. Spooner, the new novel by national book awardwinning author pete dexter, tells the story of a wild boy who grows up to be a wild man not. Oct 05, 2009 pete dexter, spooner warren spooner was born after a prolonged delivery in a makeshift delivery room in a doctors office in milledgeville, georgia, on the first saturday of december, 1956. Pete dexter books list of books by author pete dexter.
Pete dexters new novel, spooner, toys with farce the. Spooner book by pete dexter 6 available editions alibris. Oct 15, 2009 warren spooner, the eponymous hero of pete dexter s richly comic new novel, is a very naughty boy. Spooner by pete dexter book club discussion questions. Buy spooner by pete dexter from amazons fiction books store. Spooner december 10, 2009 national book award winner pete dexters newest novel is a comingofage story that takes place in milledgeville, ga.
Sep 30, 2009 spooner by pete dexter spooner by pete dexter. Buy spooner book online at best prices in india on. The morning inquirer and the evening bulletin, which my father brought with him every night as he came off the 5th street trolley from downtown, were sandwiched around the afternoon daily news for the blue collarsportsminded crowd. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. Spooner by pete dexter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In his latest novel pete dexter has created two unforgetable complex male characters way bigger than life.
Spooners life is very much like the life of pete dexter which may have made his writing about even the craziest events seem very real. Mar 17, 2011 spooner is a halfsuccessful book, a flawed portrait of, perhaps all in all, the artist pete dexter as a young man. Warren spooner is born in rural georgia, on the first sunday of december 1956, after a prolonged and unhappy labour in a makeshift delivery room. Pete dexters tale of the troubled warren spooner and his courtmartialed navy officer stepdad, calmer ottosson, defies comparison. On the one hand, it closely follows pete dexter s own relationship with his stepfather, who taught physics at a military college and rescued the wayward dexter. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids books new releases teens books this months biggest new releases.
Pete dexter is the author of the national book awardwinning novel paris trout and five other novels. Pete dexter, writing of the part played by love in the exuberant life of his hero, spooner, and the fatal inevitability of the compromises that make life bearable, has given us a novel of picaresque vitalityoutlandish, anecdotal, profuse, funny, profound. This is only one of the burdens placed on young warren spooner, the hero of national book awardwinner d. You know it is bad, but you look anyway because it is fascinating. Raised in kennedyera georgia, he manages to get himself kicked out of kindergarten for sprouting. Pete dexter books list of books by author pete dexter thriftbooks. His father died shortly afterward, long before spooner had even a memory of his face, and was replaced eventually by a oncebrilliant young naval officer. Accessories such as cd, codes, toys, may not be included.
Heres spoonerdexter on the genesis of the column that nearly cost him. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals. Pete dexter s new novel, spooner, takes me back to the glory days of newspapers in the philadelphia of my youth. Spooner versione italiana by pete dexter nook book. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. Gods pocket, deadwood, brotherly love, the paperboy, and train. His troubled birth is swiftly followed by his fathers untimely death and young spooner is left to get on with growing up, without even a memory of his daddys face. Warren spooner was born after a prolonged delivery in a makeshift delivery room in a doctors office in milledgeville. Spooner pete dexter literary fiction bildungsroman humour 5.
Warren spooner was born after a prolonged delivery in a makeshift delivery room. Heres spoonerdexter on the genesis of the column that nearly. Pete dexter began writing fiction after a lifechanging 1981 incident in which a mob of locals armed with baseball bats beat him severely. Pete dexter is a talented writer and with spooner hes created a rambling, witty, expansive story and character that brings both delight and consternation to the reader. Buy spooner book online at low prices in india spooner. Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teachers encouragement leads her to. Heres spooner dexter on the genesis of the column that nearly cost him. For the past five years or so, as he worked on his memoirish novel, spooner, dexter was. Where dexter s bestknown books paris trout, the paperboy played out as dark, hardbitten thrillers, spooner is colourful, digressive and often uproariously funny. For pete dexter, fiction provides a happy ending the young boy in pete dexter s new novel, spooner, bears a striking resemblance to the author himself. Oct 28, 2010 pete dexter, writing of the part played by love in the exuberant life of his hero, spooner, and the fatal inevitability of the compromises that make life bearable, has given us a novel of picaresque vitalityoutlandish, anecdotal, profuse, funny, profound. Spooner by pete dexter ebooks gratuits telecharger. Pete dexter is a tough son of a bitch with the kind heart of a natural humorist. From the day he was born warren spooner has been fighting his way through life, always living in the shadow of his stillborn twin his mothers favorite.
Sep 24, 2009 i enjoyed this book from start to finish. The relationship between the two takes up most of the book, though author pete dexter takes his time detailing how spooner somewhat. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Buy spooner by author pete dexter january, 2011 by pete dexter isbn. Warren spooner was born after a prolonged delivery in a makeshift delivery room in a doctors office in milledgeville, g. Would you try another book from pete dexter andor tom stechschulte. Oct 02, 2009 for pete dexter, fiction provides a happy ending the young boy in pete dexters new novel, spooner, bears a striking resemblance to the author himself. See all books authored by pete dexter, including deadwood, and paris trout, and more. Spooner, a twin who survives, is born in milledgeville, georgia in 1956. Spooner by pete dexter abebooks shop for books, art. Susanna moore, author of my old sweetheart and in the cut. Sep 27, 2009 the story of spooner is the story of how calmer made spooner, and of how spooner made himself.
Spooner december 10, 2009 national book award winner pete dexter s newest novel is a comingofage story that takes place in milledgeville, ga. Be prepared for a lot of humor and some insight into human development. Warren spooner was born after a prolonged delivery in a makeshift delivery room in a doctors office in milledgeville, georgia, on the first saturday of december, 1956. Pete banning, in his early 40s, is a man of few words. Warren spooner was born after a prolonged delivery in a makeshift delivery.
If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. Jan 01, 2009 pete dexter is a talented writer and with spooner hes created a rambling, witty, expansive story and character that brings both delight and consternation to the reader. Dexters eye for detail, taste for the absurd, and dark and disturbing wit are all unparalleled in contemporary literature. At the center of the book is the relationship between spooner and his stepfather, calmer ottosson. Spooner ebook by pete dexter 9780446558167 rakuten kobo. Now dexter has put out the sprawling new novel spooner. When he deliberately guns down dexter bell in his church office, he refuses to explain why. Nov 11, 2009 pete dexters latest novel, the strange, hilarious, alarming spooner, whips and whirls through the united states and the second half of the 20th century. However, the book ultimately presents their relationship as it might have been. Its also the story of why pete dexter writes, and of why he couldnt stop writing this. Read spooner by pete dexter available from rakuten kobo. In his acknowledgments, the author explains that the book by the way is a novel, not in any sense a memoir, but it is nevertheless based loosely on. In his latest book, newspaper columnist turned novelist turned screenwriter pete dexter has taken the literarypsychoanalytic bull by the horns. Dexter tells the story of the lifelong tie between former naval officer calmer ottosson and his.
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