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008 940512r1994 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 94003356
020 $a0879515597 (acid-free paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)30513728
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm30513728
035 $9ALZ4533CU
035 $a(NNC)1902295
035 $a1902295
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC$dOrLoB-B
050 00 $aPR6064.I225$bH86 1994
082 00 $a823/.914$220
100 1 $aNicholson, Geoff,$d1953-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr92024112
245 10 $aHunters & gatherers /$cGeoff Nicholson.
246 3 $aHunters and gatherers
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aWoodstock, New York :$bThe Overlook Press,$c[1994], ©1991.
300 $a215 p. ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
590 $aRare Book copy: Uncorrected proofs.
520 $aIn this maddeningly clever novel about collectors, collecting and a search for the world's most reclusive writer since J.D. Salinger, Steve Geddes is a writer who has been commissioned to write a book about collectors. His research introduces him to a Felliniesque cast of characters, including an alluring woman named Victoria who collects lovers who collect cars.
520 8 $aWhile some try to organize the chaos of the universe by collecting, others do it by amassing knowledge. One of these others is Steve's friend Jim, who has made a long term financial commitment to purchase all 18 volumes of The Books of Power, the most eccentric encyclopedia ever written (the entry on Britain begins "England swings like a pendulum do"). Steve notices there is an entry on the reclusive writer, Thornton McCain, that mentions a novel Steve has never heard of - The Bullet Leaves the Gun.
520 8 $aIn spite of himself, Steve sets out in search of this possibly apocryphal book and its reclusive author, and what he finds is astounding.
650 0 $aCollectors and collecting$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117711
650 0 $aAuthorship$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117632
650 0 $aAuthors$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100550
655 7 $aHumorous fiction.$2gsafd
752 $aUnited States$bNew York (State).$2naf
852 00 $brbx$hPR6064.I225$iH86 1994g