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Mama's Boy

A Novel

Mama's Boy( )
Author: DeMarinis, Rick
ISBN:978-1-58322-911-8
Publication Date:Nov 2010
Publisher:Seven Stories Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $16.95
Book Description:

Gus Reppo's parents have everything figured out for their son, right down to the county in which they hope he will practice dentistry. When they follow him to the air force where he has enlisted (after all, who else will make sure he is served adequate meals?), he realises it's going to be anything but easy to shake off his kin. And when he then finds out that his parents might not be who they seem, his life takes a turn for the downright weird. But steadied by Rick DeMarinis'...
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Book Details
Pages:288
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Coming Of Age
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.538 x 8.112 x 0.78 Inches
Book Weight:0.64 Pounds
Author Biography
DeMarinis, Rick (Author)
Rick Demarinis is the author of numerous novels and short story collections including The Year of the Zinc Penny, The Mortician's Apprentice, A Clod of Wayward Marl, The Voice of America: Stories, His Borrowed Hearts: New and Selected Stories, and The Art and Craft of the Short Story. His short stories have appeared in several magazines and journals including Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, Harpers, GQ, The Paris Review, and The Iowa Review. He has won many awards including the Drue Heinz Prize for short fiction, the Literature Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, the Jesse H. Jones Award for fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters, and the Independent Publishers Award for the best book of short fiction. He has taught creative writing at the University of Montana, San Diego State University, Arizona State University, and the University of Texas at El Paso.

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