The development : nine stories / John Barth.
"Something has disturbed the comfortably retired denizens of a pristine Florida-style gated community in Chesapeake Bay country. In the dawn of the new millennium and the evening of their lives, these empty nesters discover that their tidy enclave can be as colorful, shocking, and surreal as an...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Co.,
2008.
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| Summary: | "Something has disturbed the comfortably retired denizens of a pristine Florida-style gated community in Chesapeake Bay country. In the dawn of the new millennium and the evening of their lives, these empty nesters discover that their tidy enclave can be as colorful, shocking, and surreal as any of John Earth's fictional locales. From the high jinks of a toga party to marital infidelities, a baffling suicide pact, and the sudden, apocalyptic destruction of the short-lived development, Barth brings mordant humor and compassion to the lives of characters we all know well."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 167 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0547072481 9780547072487 |