Dollarville - Hardcover

Davies, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394577809 ISBN 13: 9780394577807

Publisher: Random House, 1989

Synopsis

Written by the author of The Last Election, this is an exploration of the trends, fears and madness of the modern world. Charlie Fish wants a quiet life but gets caught up in a guerilla firefight. He meets Melinda Isenhope, a dissident ecologist, and they become involved in political intrigue.

About this title

About the Author:

Pete Davies completed Dollarville a few days before his thirtieth birthday, having travelled to Kenya and Nicaragua, New York and California, Wisconsin and Utah to write it. He now lives in North Wales. His first novel was The Last Election.

From Publishers Weekly:

In 16 stories written over 50 years, Schulberg offers a slightly quaint grab-bag of vintage fictions, each carrying its own moral message. The title piece, a portrait of a down-and-out movie director, features that epitome of Hollywood amorality, Sammy Glick, in an appearance that predates What Makes Sammy Run? by several years. Two tales published 20 years apart, "Hollywood versus Chris Samuels, Age Nine" and "A Second Father," cover familiar Schulberg territory with their portraits of the lonely son of a mostly absent Hollywood studio chief. Other stories, including four new to print, range in setting from Mexico City to New York City to the Florida Keys. Many of these pieces first appeared in Playboy , Esquire or Colliers in the '30s and '40s, but the book does not identify original publication dates, nor are the stories in chronological order. Without that context, readers may feel slightly lost; the style, while rich, is rather dated. Publication of this collection coincides with an anniversary edition of What Makes Sammy Run?
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About this edition

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0394577809
• ISBN 13: 9780394577807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 211