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Description edit
The author of Leviathan returns with a dazzling, picaresque, new novel in which Walter Claireborne Rawley, now an octogenarian, recounts his extraordinary vaudevillian adventures as "Walt the Wonder Boy" in 1924. "One hears every page of this novel, and sees it as well."--Washington Post.
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Setting & Locations edit
- Wichita
- Mother Sioux
- Chicago
- New York
- Kansas
- Saint Louis
- Cibola
- Texas
- America
- California
- South Dakota
- New Haven
- Florida
Organizations edit
First Sentence edit
I was twelve years old the first time I walked on water.
Table of Contents edit
I
II
III
IV
Series & Lists edit
This is book 120 of 1271 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The End of the Story, and followed by The Folding Star.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Paul Auster (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 0670852090
Page Count: 304
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 0670852090
Page Count: 304
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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Movie Connections edit
- Mr. Vertigo: Terry Gillian is writing a script based on the novel. Let's keep our fingers crossed! http://www.getthebigpicture.net/blog/2011/7/28/will-we-get-a-mr-vertigo-from-terry-gilliam.html
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