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The Spectator Bird
The Spectator Bird
Author: Wallace Stegner
Joe Allston is a cantankerous, retired literary agent who is, in his own words, "just killing time until time gets around to killing me". His parents and his only son are long dead, leaving him with neither ancestors nor descendants, tradition nor ties. His job, trafficking the talent of others, has not been his choice. He has passed t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780525431879
ISBN-10: 052543187X
Publication Date: 3/21/2017
Pages: 224
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Reads like an autobiography but is fiction. The main story deals with an older man (and his wife) coping with the brutal realities of old age. The story within the story is a flashback - decades earlier - to a Denmark trip when they lived with a countess and slowly learned the bizarre secrets of her family.
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