An edition of The handsome sailor (1998)

The handsome sailor

a novel

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An edition of The handsome sailor (1998)

The handsome sailor

a novel

A portrait of the 19th century writer, Herman Melville, after he wrote his famous Moby Dick. He burns his manuscripts, has an extra-marital affair and goes to work as a customs inspector in New York. Not until 30 years later does he resume writing to produce Billy Bud just before his death.

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Publisher
Permanent Press
Language
English
Pages
267

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Cover of: The handsome sailor
The handsome sailor
1999, Thorndike Press
in English
Cover of: The handsome sailor
The handsome sailor: a novel
1998, Permanent Press
in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
Sag Harbor, N.Y
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3554.U253 H36 1998, PS3554.U253H36 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
267 p. ;
Number of pages
267

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL683071M
Internet Archive
handsomesailorno0000dube
ISBN 10
1579620078
LCCN
97029805
OCLC/WorldCat
37397946
LibraryThing
2511088
Goodreads
3051957

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1973013W

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