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Half An Inch Of Water

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Author: Percival Everett  

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For the plainspoken men and women of these stories, small events trigger sudden shifts in which the ordinary becomes unfamiliar. Cowboys cavort and sheriffs shoot, certainly, but don't let the familiar trapping of your average Western fool you - these short stories are deeply philosophical meditations of the surreality of human existence.

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Critic Reviews

“Praise for Percival Everett by Virgil Russell ”

"[A] stark, shattering novel . . . Deeply moving." --The Wall Street Journal on Percival Everett by Virgil Russell

"Percival Everett numbers among his very best." --Lydia Millet, Los Angeles Times on Percival Everett by Virgil Russell

"Funny, insightful, and unpredictable . . . Everett is a master of his trade." --Time Out Chicago on Percival Everett by Virgil Russell

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About the Author

Percival Everett is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California and the author of nearly thirty books, including Percival Everett by Virgil Russell, Assumption, Erasure, I Am Not Sidney Poitier, and Glyph. He is the recipient of the Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, the Believer Book Award, and the 2006 PEN USA Center Award for Fiction. He has fly-fished the west for more than thirty years. He lives in Los Angeles.

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Product Details

Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S.
Published
22nd October 2015
Pages
168
ISBN
9781555977191

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