An edition of Midnight Cowboy (1965)

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An edition of Midnight Cowboy (1965)

Midnight cowboy

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Midnight Cowboy is considered by many to be one of the best American novels published since World War II. The main story centers around Joe Buck, a naive but eager and ambitious young Texan, who decides to leave his dead-end job in search of a grand and glamorous life he believes he will find in New York City. But the city turns out to be a much more difficult place to negotiate than Joe could ever have imagined. He soon finds himself and his dreams compromised. Buck’s fall from innocence and his relationship with the crippled street hustler Ratso Rizzo form the novel’s emotional nucleus. This unlikely pairing of Ratso and Joe Buck is perhaps one of the most complex portraits of friendship in contemporary literature.

The focus on male friendship follows a strong path cut by Twain’s Huck and Jim, Melville’s Ishmael and Queequeg, Fitzgerald’s Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby, and Kerouac’s Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty. Midnight Cowboy takes a well-deserved place among a group of distinguished American novels that write—often with unnerving candor—about those who live on the fringe of society.

Publish Date
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Language
English
Pages
253

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Cover of: Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Cowboy
Nov 18, 2016, Rosetta Books - IPS
paperback
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Midnight Cowboy
2014, RosettaBooks
in English
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Midnight Cowboy
August 4, 2003, Scribner, Simon & Schuster Ltd
Paperback - New Ed edition
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Midnight Cowboy
August 27, 2002, I Books
Paperback in English
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Midnight Cowboy
2002, RosettaBooks
E-book in English
Cover of: Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Cowboy
October 25, 2002, Ibooks, Inc.
Paperback in English
Cover of: Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Cowboy
1999, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
in English
Cover of: Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Cowboy
September 27, 1990, Plume
Paperback in English
Cover of: Midnight Cowboy.
Midnight Cowboy.
1977, Triad/Panther Books
in English
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Midnight Cowboy
1973-01-01, Panther
Cover of: Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Cowboy
1969-01-01, Panther
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Midnight cowboy
1969, Dell Pub. Co.
in English
Cover of: Midnight cowboy.
Midnight cowboy.
1968, Panther
in English
Cover of: Midnight cowboy
Midnight cowboy
1966, Dell Publishing
in English
Cover of: Midnight cowboy
Midnight cowboy
1966, Jonathan Cape
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Midnight cowboy
Midnight cowboy
1965-01-01, Simon and Schuster
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Midnight cowboy
Midnight cowboy
1965, Simon and Schuster
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Cowboy
1965-01-01, Dell
Cover of: Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Cowboy
1965, Simon & Schuster
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Midnight cowboy
Midnight cowboy
1965, Simon and Schuster
Hardcover in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
New York

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ4.H55 Mi, PS3515.E6325 Mi

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
253 p.
Number of pages
253

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5943954M
Internet Archive
midnightcowboyno00herl
LCCN
65015022
OCLC/WorldCat
777394
Library Thing
330493

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