Sent on a mission to New York he gets involved in a wild journey that takes him in and out of stolen cars, freight trains, and buses. By the time he returns home to Texas, Norwood has met his true love, Rita Lee, on a bus; befriended the second shortest midget in show business and “the world's smallest perfect fat man”; and helped Joann “the chicken with a college education,” realize her true potential in life. As with all Portis’ fiction, the tone is cool, sympathetic, and funny.
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CONTRIBUTORS: Charles Portis
EAN: 9780879517038
COUNTRY: United States
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WEIGHT: 227 g
HEIGHT: 210 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Overlook Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 1999-09-01
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GENRE: FICTION / Literary
WIDTH: 146 cm
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Book Themes:
Fiction: general and literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Charles Portis (b. December 28, 1933, d. February 17, 2020) lived in Arkansas, where he was born and educated. He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War, was the London bureau chief of the New York Herald-Tribune, and was a writer for The New Yorker. He was the author of five novels: Norwood, The Dog of the South, Masters of Atlantis, True Grit, and Gringos.
