About this title: Wilder's first work of fiction after 20 years, this novel is about a man who shoots and kills his friend, is sentenced to death, and becomes a fugitive from justice.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780060146283ISBN:0060146281
Description: Reader copy; Collectible. Cheap reading copy. Too good to chuck. 1968 Penguin paperback. Cover and pages tanned with age, cover creased, scribbling on first page but script is legible, save some cash, Immediate despatch from the UK in a jiffy protective envelope. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: LONDON: HARPER 1967.
Date published: 1967
Description: Published by London: Harper 1967. in 1967. Hardback with Dust jacket. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HARPER & ROW
Date published: 1967
Description: Published by Harper & Row in 1967. Hardback with Dust jacket. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: LONGMANS
Date published: 1967
Description: Hardback with D/J. USED, BUT IN GOOD CONDITION. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: LONGMANS
Date published: 1967
Description: Published by LONGMANS in 1967. Hardback. Condition: Acceptable. Reading copy ONLY #1158030 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: LONGMANS
Date published: 1967
Description: Published by LONGMANS in 1967, hardback with D/J, medium size. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: LONGMANS
Date published: 1967
Description: Published by LONGMANS in 1967, hardback (no D/J), medium size, internally good, slight foxing, boards fine, wear to head & tail of spine. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Description: 1967. Longmans. First UK. VG/VG, edgewear. 9x5.5. 435pp. The story takes place in a mining town in the mid-west USA in 1902 where John Ashley was tried for murder his friend. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS
Date published: 1968
Description: Ex-Library Published by Penguin Books in 1968. Paperback. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Ex-library book (usual stamps and marks). Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Description: Very Good. 1967 "8vo. Bound in original quarter cloth on board with title in gilt on spine. 435p. Near fine copy, firm binding, previous owner label to f.p.d., minor wear to spine edges. First edition". Keywords: Subjects First edition copy. All books in stock. We ship daily from our warehouse. Over 200, 000 customers served online! Our feedback reflects our service...."Fast delivery, great seller", "Fantastic, came right away and was in perfect condition--thanks! " read more
"A good book, not a great one. It is heavy on the narrative, and the reader spends more time hearing about the characters than participating in their travails. It's too conscious of its own themes. That being said, it is thought-provoking and very readable."
"One of those old books I rediscovered while cleaning the bookshelves. I had never read it but thought that the author of one of my favorite plays, Our Town, might have something to say worth reading. He sure did have something to say--lots of somethings! It was an old fashioned slow moving type novel. The title indicates an interest in Biblical illusions, but he also had various characters lecture us on lots of other world religions. The story is interesting, but not one of the greatest novels ever."
"A good but not great book. I had never read Wilder's fiction and he weaves an interesting story, but I thought his use of a narrator who wrote of the future from the beginning was too much; it went beyond foreshadowing and was almost done as if to make the story more than it was. Some other issues: a main character's death was too abrupt- I didn't realize it at the time until going back and rereading, and that he didn't do his future glimpses of all the children when he did them for most of the kids. That said, a good read, with some interesting settings and characters."
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