The painted bird
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Modern Library,
1983, c1965.
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| Edition: | 2nd Modern Library ed. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1965. |
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| Physical Description: | 234 p. ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0394604334 |
| Author Notes: | His first novel, The Painted Bird, was published in 1965 and received France's Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger. His second novel, Steps, won the National Book Award in 1969. His other novels included Being There, The Devil Tree, Cockpit, and Blind Date. Blind Date tells the story of the Manson killings, which is where he would have been if he had not been stuck in JFK Airport dealing with improperly tagged luggage. He committed suicide on May 3, 1991 at the age of 57. (Bowker Author Biography) |
