A Hole in the Ground Owned by a Liar
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- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
17 January 2012
Summary
Lee, a high school shop teacher in Evergreen, Colorado, managed to survive his messy divorce only to hurtle into what some might call a full-on midlife crisis. Looking for a way to spend his weekends and the now painfully long summer vacation, Lee buys a gold mine off the internet-a real, honest-to-God mine, complete with tall tales of riches, a history of disappointment, and a couple of Pakistani-by-the-way-of-Jackson-Hole prospectors willing to kill for its contents.With the frequently unwa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781582437972 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1582437971 |
| Author: | Daniel Pyne |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 17 January 2012 |
| Weight: | 355g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 152mm |
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Praise for A Hole in the Ground Owned by a Liar “Daniel Pyne’s A Hole in the Ground Owned By a Liar will put to rest any idle fantasies the reader may have of setting out prospecting for gold. A harrowingly funny story of brotherly strife, amorous misconduct, and small dreams blown disastrously out of proportion. I loved it.” –Scott Phillips, author of The Adjustment and national bestseller The Ice Harvest “Smart, sexy, funny, and a brilliant storyteller. And that’s just me. Wait till you read Dan … ” –Eric Idle
About The Author
Daniel Pyne
Daniel Pyne, a visiting professor at the UCLA Graduate School of Film and a writing advisor for the Sundance Institute, is the author of the novel Twentynine Palms. Pyne wrote the acclaimed scripts for The Manchurian Candidate, Pacific Heights, and Fracture, among others. He lives in Los Angeles.
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