The Royal Family
A Novel
$66.21
- Paperback
780 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2001
Summary
Since the publication of his first book in 1987, William T. Vollmann has established himself as one of the most fascinating and unconventional literary figures on the scene today. Named one of the twenty best writers under forty by the New Yorker in 1999, Vollmann received the best reviews of his career for The Royal Family, a searing fictional trip through a San Francisco underworld populated by prostitutes, drug addicts, and urban spiritual seekers. Part biblical allegory and part …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141002002 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014100200X |
| Author: | William T. Vollmann |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 780 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2001 |
| Weight: | 898g |
| Dimensions: | 41mm x 165mm x 235mm |
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“A magnificent new novel from a writer whose books tower over the work of his contemporaries.” - The Washington Post; “…a monster, a monster of talent, ambition and accomplishment.” - Los Angeles Times; “Vollman has created a haunting, disturbing and magnificent novel…” - San Diego Tribune; “Nothing approaches the wild ambition on display in this book… This is exactly the kind of storytelling that the novel was invented for.” - San Francisco Chronicle
About The Author
William T. Vollmann
William T. Vollmann is the author of seven novels, three collections of stories, and a seven-volume critique of violence, “Rising Up and Rising Down”. He is also the author of “Poor People”, a worldwide examination of poverty through the eyes of the impoverished themselves; “Riding Toward Everywher
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