A Fan's Notes by The Estate Of Frederick Exley (English) Paperback Book

Description: A Fan's Notes by The Estate Of Frederick Exley, Nick Hornby Listen, you son of a bitch, life isnt all a goddam football game! Life is rejection and pain and loss...A Fans Notes - the horrible and hilarious account of a long failure. And so we follow his boozy trail through two failed marriages, many bars and intermittent visits to Avalon Valley - a private home for the mentally ill. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Exleys "fictional memoir" is a staggering book, a beautiful book, and one deserving of a much wider readership - GuardianListen, you son of a bitch, life isnt all a goddam football game! You wont always get the girl! Life is rejection and pain and loss...A Fans Notes - the horrible and hilarious account of a long failure. Our narrator is the ultimate unreconstructed male. His primary concerns are alcohol, sex and the New York Giants. But things go very wrong for him - he drinks too much, hes impotent and the Giants start to loose. And so we follow his boozy trail through two failed marriages, many bars and intermittent visits to Avalon Valley - a private home for the mentally ill. Shockingly politically incorrect, terribly self-indulgent but more than redeemed by its unremitting honesty and insight this is the unforgettable story of a man laid bare. Back Cover Listen, you son of a bitch, life isnt all a goddam football game! You wont always get the girl!Life is rejection and pain and loss... A FANS NOTES - the horrible and hilarious account of a long failure. Our narrator is the ultimate unreconstructed male. His primary concerns are alcohol, sex and the New York Giants. But things go very wrong for him- he drinks too much, hes impotent and the Giants start to lose. And so we follow his boogy trail through two failed marriages, many bars and intermittent visits to Avalon Valley - a private home for the mentally ill. Shookingly politically incorrect, terribly self-indulgent, but more than redeemed by its unforgettable story of a man laid bare. A FANS NOTES is one mans life, written with brilliance and insight. No one should have had Exleys life and no one who has read it can ever forget it JAMES DICKEY Writers of every kind of aesthetic and cultural persuasion talk about it and press it on their friends. When I urge it on to a friend who asks what it is about or what it is like, I say read it, just read it GEOFFREY WOLFF Author Biography The Estate Of Frederick Exley (Author)Fred Exley is the author of A Fans Notes, Pages from a Cold Island and Last Notes from Home. He was nominated for a National Book Award, was the recipient of the William Faulkner Award, recevied the National Institute of Arts and Letters Rosenthal award, and won a Playboy Silver medal for the best non-fiction piece of 1974. He also received a Rockerfeller Foundation grant, a Harper-Saxton Fellowship, and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. Frederick Exley died in 1992.Nick Hornby (Introducer)NICK HORNBY is the bestselling author of eight novels, including Just Like You, High Fidelity and About a Boy, and several works of nonfiction including Fever Pitch. He has also written numerous award-winning screenplays for film and television including Brooklyn, Wild and, most recently, State of the Union. Review A Fans Notes is one mans life written with brilliance and insight. No one should have had Exleys life, and no one who has read it can forget it -- James DickeyWriters of every kind of aesthetic and cultural persuasion talk about it and press it on their friends. When I urge it on a friend who asks what it is about or what it is like, I say read it, just read it -- Geoffrey WolffAstonishing... It is visceral and intimate. Self-absorbed, it is also searingly perceptive about what happens between fathers and sons, men and women * Independent * Promotional Exleys "fictional memoir" is a staggering book, a beautiful book, and one deserving of a much wider readership Guardian Review Text A Fans Notes is one mans life written with brilliance and insight. No one should have had Exleys life, and no one who has read it can forget it Review Quote A Fans Notes is one mans life written with brilliance and insight. No one should have had Exleys life, and no one who has read it can forget it Promotional "Headline" Exleys "fictional memoir" is a staggering book, a beautiful book, and one deserving of a much wider readership - Guardian Details ISBN0224083090 Pages 400 Year 2010 ISBN-10 0224083090 ISBN-13 9780224083096 Format Paperback Imprint Yellow Jersey Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2010-04-27 Media Book Publisher Vintage Publishing Author Nick Hornby Illustrations None Language English DEWEY 813/.54 UK Release Date 2010-04-27 AU Release Date 2010-04-27 NZ Release Date 2010-04-27 Alternative 9781448103836 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:44081286;

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