The Paperboy
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1994. Limited First Edition. Full Leather. Fine / No Jacket as Issued. Item #5294
A handsome dark brown leather Limited First Edition SIGNED by novelist, reporter and columnist, Pete Dexter. In fine unread condition. With gold-gilt cover designs and page edges, and bound-in silk bookmark. His other works include "God's Pocket," "Deadwood," "Brotherly Love, and "Paris Trout" for which he earned the 1988 National Book Award.
In a fantastic interview with Alden Mudge in October 2003 titled “Pete Dexter: Black and White,” the author spoke of being a bit of a late bloomer:
"I actually didn’t read a real book until I was maybe 20. The rest of the family were readers and writers. I was the one that wanted to shoot out the windows and have a good time….The day I thought I could do this was when I finally read Robert Frost and saw what he was about. I mean I just got it. It was like teaching a dog to sit up; suddenly one day he just got it. There’s nobody that’s got better craft. There’s a wildness inside the poems. They’re very physical. They’re full of objects and nouns and there’s always something going on in them. Strangely enough, I have the feeling I’m in his head when I’m reading his stuff. I’ve never read another poet that I enjoyed like that."
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