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1	Playboy: The Complete Centerfolds more books like this by Hugh M Hefner (Foreword by), Dave Hickey (Introduction by), Robert Coover (Text by) For the first time ever, "Playboy" has collected together every single Centerfold from every single issue. That's over 600 beauties. In this luxurious volume, we've reproduced these Centerfolds exactly as they appeared in the magazine (one foot by nearly two feet tall). Housed in a handsome linen-covered clamshell art box carrying case, this ... see all copies from £27.37! new only from £27.37! \| first editions
2	The universal baseball association inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. more books like this by Robert Coover A satirical fable with a rootless and helpless accountant as the protagonist. Alone in his apartment, he spends all his nights and weekends playing an intricate baseball game of his own invention. The author has won the William Faulkner Award and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £6.12! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Public Burning more books like this by Robert Coover It is June 1953, and Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are executed not at Sing Sing as they were in real life, but in an extravaganza at Times Square. Narrated by Vice President Richard M. Nixon, this experimental comic novel also features President Eisenhower, Walt Disney, Betty Crocker, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. see all copies from £3.58! new only from £11.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Spanking the Maid more books like this by Robert Coover This early Coover novel is about a master, his maid, and the complicated spanking ritual that binds them together. This novel was included in "The Western Canon" by Harold Bloom. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £6.23! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	The Origin of the Brunists more books like this by Robert Coover Robert Coover's first novel, published in 1969, begins with an explosion in a mine. The sole survivor, who sees apocalyptic visions, is viewed as a prophet by the citizens of his small town. When the cult spreads to the world at large, madness takes over, and the novel culminates in a vast crowd gathered to witness the Apocalypse. Even in this ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £9.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Briar Rose more books like this by Robert Coover In Coover's ingenious reinvention of the Sleeping Beauty legend, her story is told by the witch who put the curse on her. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £6.54! \| first editions
7	Stepmother more books like this by Robert Coover Robert Coover, a father of modern American experimental fiction, returns with "Stepmother," a masterful re-imagining of the fairy-tale tradition. There is magic, there are princes, and painful castrations. Also, there is beauty and true love, of a sort. Stepmother is illustrated by Michael Kupperman, bound in soft cloth, and stamped with precious ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £5.54! \| first editions
8	Gerald's Party more books like this by Robert Coover In this experimental novel, a murder takes place at a party, the body slumps to the floor, and the party goes on around it. Coover's novel is, among other things, a satire of murder mysteries. see all copies from £2.04! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	John's Wife more books like this by Robert Coover A rich and prominent building contractor named John has a wife, never named, who is the focus of various kinds of attention from the inhabitants of a small town. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Pinocchio in Venice more books like this by Robert Coover Pinocchio is now a very old man, a scholar and aesthete who learned all his civilizing lessons well and who has now returned to Venice, city of his "birth", to complete his final great tribute to the Blue-Haired Fairy, his magnum opus, called simply "Mama". see all copies from £1.83! new only from £6.23! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	Pricksongs and Descants: Short Stories more books like this by Robert Coover Short stories that showcase Coover's dazzling array of experimental forms, from parables to de-mythologized Biblical episodes and retold fairy tales, to "The Babysitter", which is based on a TV show. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £72.76! \| first editions
12	A Night at the Movies, Or, You Must Remember This: Fictions more books like this by Robert Coover A collection of inventive short fictions, including previews, cartoons, the weekly serial, a travelogue, selected short subjects, three full-length features, and even an intermission. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £6.92! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Ghost Town more books like this by Robert Coover A nameless rider plods through the desert toward a dusty Western town shimmering on the horizon. In his latest novel, Robert Coover has taken the familiar form of the Western and turned it inside out. The lonesome stranger reaches the town -- or rather, it reaches him -- and he becomes part of its gunfights, saloon brawls, bawdy houses, train ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £9.32! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	A night at the movies. more books like this by Robert Coover A collection of inventive short fictions, including previews, cartoons, the weekly serial, a travelogue, selected short subjects, three full-length features, and even an intermission. see all copies from £4.61! new only from £8.17! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	The Adventures of Lucky Pierre: Raw Footage more books like this by Robert Coover Lucky Pierre is a famous porn star who is idolized by the folks who live in Cinecity, a utopian metropolis where sex is the main value. His exploits both on- and off-screen are the focus of this raunchily picaresque novel. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £6.58! \| first editions
16 view cover	Pricksongs & descants; fictions. more books like this by Robert Coover Pricksongs & Descants, originally published in 1969, is a virtuoso performance that established its author -- already a William Faulkner Award winner for his first novel -- as a writer of enduring power and unquestionable brilliance, a promise he has fulfilled over a stellar career. It also began Coover's now-trademark riffs on fairy tales and ... see all copies from £6.93! new only from £9.64! \| first editions
17	Whatever Happened to Gloomy Gus of the Chicago Bears? more books like this by Robert Coover In this Depression Era tale of the rise and fall of the Chicago Bear who could not stay onsides, Coover has added a new and hilarious twist to an American myth. see all copies from £1.80! signed copies \| first editions
18	Pricksongs & Descants more books like this by Robert Coover Pricksongs & Descants, originally published in 1969, is a virtuoso performance that established its author -- already a William Faulkner Award winner for his first novel -- as a writer of enduring power and unquestionable brilliance, a promise he has fulfilled over a stellar career. It also began Coover's now-trademark riffs on fairy tales and ... see all copies from £5.55! signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Adventures of Lucky Pierre: Directors' Cut more books like this by Robert Coover, Joe Orton A virtuosic performance, The Adventures of Lucky Pierre is a masterpiece. It is set in Cinecity, the frozen capital of an unnamed utopia -- or is it dystopia? -- where Lucky Pierre plies his trade. Part porn star, part clown, part everyman, Lucky has no life outside his films. Through the lenses of his nine female muse-directors, Lucky becomes a ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £7.37! \| first editions
20	Hair O' The Chine : a documentary film script ; [ill. by Robin McDonald]. more books like this by Robert Coover see all copies from £8.46! new only from £11.37! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	A Child Again more books like this by Robert Coover Casey returns to bat. The Pied Piper pipes again. Little Red Riding Hood is not safe yet. Robert Coover returns with a new collection of short fiction, reexamining our shared narrative heritage -- myths, fairy tales, and favorite childhood stories -- and unearthing the underlying hope, fear, and wonder at their core. Playful yet systematic, ... see all copies from £11.71! new only from £13.16!
22	A night at the movies, or, You must remember this. more books like this by Robert Coover see all copies from £1.38! first editions
23	Origin of the Bru more books like this by Robert Coover Robert Coover's first novel, published in 1969, begins with an explosion in a mine. The sole survivor, who sees apocalyptic visions, is viewed as a prophet by the citizens of his small town. When the cult spreads to the world at large, madness takes over, and the novel culminates in a vast crowd gathered to witness the Apocalypse. Even in this ... see all copies from £7.68! new only from £17.98! \| first editions
24	Charlie in the House of Rue more books like this by Robert Coover see all copies from £18.71! signed copies \| first editions
25	Gerald's Party : a novel by Robert Coover see all copies from £4.09! first editions

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