If I Don't Six
A Novel
$35.99
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
17 August 1999
Summary
Elwood Reid first appeared on the literary stage with a powerful and bruising story called “What Salmon Know,” which appeared in the March 1997 issue of GQ. Here was a writer not afraid to examine the soulful underside of the American male, or the violence that accompanies disappointed dreams.
Now, in his first, extraordinary novel, Reid tells the story of Elwood Riley, a six-foot-six, 275-pound blue-collar kid whose ticket out of Cleveland is a “full ride” football scholarship to the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385491204 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0385491204 |
| Author: | Elwood Reid |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Anchor Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 17 August 1999 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 131mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
A ferocious and brilliant debut novel about young men in love with violence.
Advance praise for If I Don’t Six:
“A fresh new voice, compelling and possessing a fierce honesty.”
–Rick Bass, author of The Sky, the Stars, the Wilderness
“Don’t say you weren’t warned. This book kept me up half the night.”
–Charles Baxter, author of Believers
“I have a feeling that some people are going to be real upset with Elwood Reid….If you’re intoxicated with college football, this book ought to sober you up. “
–John Dufresne, author of Love Warps the Mind a Little
Elwood Reid
Elwood Reid, a former college football player, has been a carpenter, a bouncer, a cook, a bartender, and a writing instructor. His acclaimed short story “What Salmon Know” will be part of a collection to be published by Doubleday in 1999. He lives in upstate New York.
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