Travel Writing by Peter Ferry - ISBN: 9780701181925
Hardcover
A love story, a deadly mystery, and the stories we tell.

Travel Writing

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  • Hardcover

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    15 August 2008

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Summary

A clever, gentle first novel, that comes with a glowing endorsement from Dave Eggers, about a love story and a mystery, about story telling, the blurred line between fact and fiction, and an early midlife crisis…

Pete Ferry is driving home from work one evening when he sees a car swerving dangerously on the road. He wants to keep out of its way, so he allows it to overtake - but as it does so he sees that the driver is a beautiful woman, she’s half-naked or at least her clothes are ha…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780701181925
ISBN-10:0701181923
Author:Peter Ferry
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Chatto & Windus
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:15 August 2008
Weight:400g
Dimensions:204mm x 145mm x 25mm
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Critics Review

In the cleverly constructed novel, Ferry toys with some interesting ideas, mainly the line that exists between fact and fiction.–Houlihan, Mary”Chicago Sun Times” (09/07/2008)

About The Author

Peter Ferry

PETER FERRY is a teacher, writer, and editor. He has written textbooks for Rand McNally and travel pieces for the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times. His short stories have appared in StoryQuarterly, Overtures, the New Review of Literature, and McSweeney’s. He has won the Illinois Arts Council Award for Short Fiction. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.

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