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The Brothers K

David James Duncan

Nominee:Oregon Book Awards -Fiction (1993)
Finally in trade paperback, complementing Bantam's new release of "River Teeth" and our consistently bestselling edition of "The River Why," here is "The Brothers K," a lyrical and lovely novel of family.

"The pages of "The Brothers K sparkle!"-- "The New York Times Book Review"

"Duncan is a wonderfully engaging writer."-- "Los Angeles Times"

Book Details

  • Publisher: Dial Press
  • Publish Date: Jun 1st, 1996
  • Pages: 656
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.22in - 5.32in - 1.47in - 1.15lb
  • EAN: 9780553378498
  • Categories: Family Life - GeneralSportsLiterary

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About the Author

David James Duncan is the author of The River Why, which won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award in 1983, and River Teeth, a collection of stories and writings. He lives with his wife, the sculptor Adrian Arleo, and family, in Western Montana where he is at work on his next novel.

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Praise for this book

"The pages of The Brothers K sparkle."--The New York Times Book Review

"Duncan is a wonderfully engaging writer."--Los Angeles Times

"This ambitious book succeeds on almost every level and every page."--USA Today

"Duncan's prose is a blend of lyrical rhapsody, sassy hyperbole and all-American vernacular."--San Francisco Chronicle

"The Brothers K affords the . . . deep pleasures of novels that exhaustively create, and alter, complex worlds. . . . One always senses an enthusiastic and abundantly talented and versatile writer at work."--The Washington Post Book World

"Duncan . . . tells the larger story of an entire popular culture struggling to redefine itself--something he does with the comic excitement and depth of feeling one expects from Tom Robbins."--Chicago Tribune