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Norwood

Charles Portis

Genre Fiction Books & Literature

Format Paperback

Dimensions 5.46 (w) x 8.12 (h) x 0.58 (d)

Pages 272

Publisher Overlook Press, The

Publication Date August 1999

ISBN 9780879517038

Book ISBN 10 0879517034

About Book

Ex-marine and troubadour Norwood Pratt gets involved in a wild journey that takes him in and out of stolen cars, freight trains, and buses. As with all of Portis's fiction (including "True Grit"), the tone is cool, sympathetic, funny, and undeniability American.

Reviews

Library Journal

This is the second installment in Overlook's planned four-volume series of Portis reissues. Portis made his debut into the book world with this 1966 first novel, which many insist is his best. LJ's reviewer found the book more character- than plot-driven but nonetheless enjoyed it. (LJ 8/66) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Megan Harlan

With this rerelease of Portis best novel, his mirthful, pitch-perfect 1966 debut, we get a glimpse of how a 20'th-century Mark Twain might write...Portis' impeccable style—crackling wit coupled with near-genius characterization—makes this portrait of average eccentricities a sneakily great American novel.

Entertainment Weekly

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