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Bluff City Pawn: A Novel

Autor Stephen Schottenfeld
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 oct 2014

Huddy Marr, the proprietor of Bluff City Pawn shop in Memphis, is good at what he does: he knows jewelry, he knows guns and guitars. But the neighborhood is changing: A blood bank is set to open across the street from the retail space he leases from his brother Joe, and Huddy wants to move to a less seedy part of town. A pawn shop should stay right on the edge of seedy.

When a longtime client dies, his widow calls Huddy to come appraise his considerable gun collection. If he can buy up the guns, Huddy knows he can make a killing, possibly change his fortunes for good. But he needs cash up front, and for that he needs Joe. Soon the restless youngest, Harlan, is also involved-they could use the manpower to move the haul-and slowly the brothers' old family dynamics reassert themselves.

There is trouble inherent in these wares. There is trouble inherent in this family. And there is something inherent to Memphis . . . something that means a change of fortune can't come easy.

Stephen Schottenfeld's first novel is a masterful depiction of a city, a business, and a family. It is an investigation of class and law, ownership and value, loyalty, betrayal, and blood; one that gathers power and resonates long after it's done.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781620406359
ISBN-10: 1620406357
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Fascinating insight into US gun culture and, with the introduction of eBay and other online retailers, the dwindling age of pawn shops selling second-hand goods

Notă biografică

Stephen Schottenfeldis a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. His stories have appeared in theGettysburg Review,TriQuarterly,StoryQuarterly, theVirginia Quarterly Review, theIowa Review,New England Review, and other journals, and have received special mention in both the Pushcart Prize and Best American Short Stories anthologies. Schottenfeld teaches English at the University of Rochester.

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Bluff City Pawnbrings to life the frayed edges of an American city and a family linked and divided by the effort to stay afloat in this cold new world of ours, and it does it with remarkable descriptive power. The writing takes you in, and the story won't let you go
Bluff City Pawnis an absorbing, relevant, and literary thriller about desperation, trust and betrayal, brotherhood, Memphis, and the highest and lowest ends of consumerism - the secondhand world of the downtrodden, and the rarified world of collectors of the esoteric. If you care about class and capitalism in America right now - and you should - then this is your novel
Bluff City Pawnis a rare achievement - beautifully written, packed with life and infused with a deliciously subtle suspense. The result is an irresistibly gripping novel that unfolds with mesmerizing clarity
A taut, beautifully written novel that has a rare, almost feverish propulsion. Some people might call it a page turner. So be it. For me, I only wanted to slow down and savor. From the very first paragraph, I was completely immersed in Huddy's vivid world. Best of all, he's among the most unforgettable characters I've read in recent years
First-novelist Shottenfeld eloquently captures the seedy milieu, Huddy's desperate dreams, and the brothers' complicated relationship in this unsparing dissection of class and capitalism
A spot-on depiction of contemporary Memphis, from low end to upper level
A debut notable for the absence of any gimmicks .Bluff City Pawnis a thriller in all but name, with every aspect of the deal itself . racking up the tension an impressive notch further