Isbn: 9780156032001 - memoir from antproof case: a satirical literary novel of love, war, adventure, and a man's lifelong battle against coffee (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 514 pages. 7.75x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An old American who lives in Brazil is writing his memoirs. An English teacher at the naval academy, he is married to a woman young enough to be his daughter and has a little son whom he loves. He sits in a mountain garden in Niterói, overlooking the ocean.As he reminisces and writes, placing the pages carefully in his antproof case, we learn that he was a World War II ace who was shot down twice, an investment banker who met with popes and presidents, and a man who was never not in love. He was the thief of the century, a murderer, and a protector of the innocent. And all his life he waged a valiant, losing, one-man battle against the world's most insidious enslaver: coffee.Mark Helprin combines adventure, satire, flights of transcendence, and high comedy in this 'memoir' of a man whose life reads like the song of the twentieth century.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextAn old American who lives in Brazil is writing his memoirs. An English teacher at the naval academy, he is married to a woman young enough to be his daughter and has a little son whom he loves. He sits in a mountain garden .