Cadillac Jack A Novel
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Author |
: Larry McMurtry |
Publisher |
: Liveright Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 401 |
Release |
: 2019-01-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781631495106 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1631495100 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cadillac Jack: A Novel by : Larry McMurtry
From dusty flea markets in Texas to parties in Washington, DC, crawling with political hacks, Cadillac Jack is a classic American novel, timelier than ever. Larry McMurtry’s “big hearted” fiction has been lauded for “taking us places we hadn’t known existed” (Joyce Carol Oates, New York Review of Books). Cadillac Jack does exactly that, inviting readers into the passenger seat of a pearl-colored Caddy with peach velour–covered seats, joining a rodeo-bulldogger-turned-antique- scout at the wheel. “Superbly comic” (Newsday), this rollicking tale echoes the cultural climate of America today, with the cagey yet charming Jack grappling with the capitol’s pretentious elite. As he cruises through relationships with distinctively appealing women—including socialite boutique owner Cindy and discreet mother-of-two Jean—Jack realizes home for him will always be simply barreling down freeways in his Cadillac, wandering the country in search of another obscure treasure. Bolstered with its cast of unforgettable characters, Cadillac Jack entices with the prospect of undiscovered riches around that next bend in the road.
Author |
: Larry McMurtry |
Publisher |
: Buccaneer Books |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1568496486 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781568496481 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cadillac Jack by : Larry McMurtry
In "Cadillac Jack," Larry McMurtry -- Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove -- proves his unique talent for conjuring up the real, often eccentric people who inhabit the American heartland and for capturing the peculiarly American search for new frontiers and adventure. "Cadillac Jack" is a rodeo-cowboy-turned-antique-scout whose nomadic, womanizing life -- centered on his classic pearl-colored Cadillac -- rambles between the Texas flatlands of flea markets and small-time auctions and Washington, D.C.'s political-social life of parties, hustlers, vixens, and spies. Along the way he meets a cast of indelibly etched characters: among them, the strikingly beautiful, social-climbing Cindy Sanders; Boog Miller, the tackily-dressing millionaire good ole boy who patronizes Jack's business and who has more political muscle than a litter of lobbyists; Khaki Descartes, the pushy, brain-picking, Washington woman reporter; Freddy Fu, an undercover CIA agent working out of a greasy barbecue joint called The Cover-Up; and Jean Arber, the mother of two and a fledgling antique-store owner who can't quite figure out if she'll marry Jack or not. Wild, touching, and hilariously funny, "Cadillac Jack" is Larry McMurtry's raucous social satire of sex, politics, and love in the fast lane, peopled with Americans only he could render. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author |
: Jack Mingo |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 248 |
Release |
: 1995-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0887307531 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780887307539 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis How the Cadillac Got Its Fins by : Jack Mingo
Amusing stories of ingenuity in business.
Author |
: Kimberly Willis Holt |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 128 |
Release |
: 2002-11-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101142615 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1101142618 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dancing In Cadillac Light by : Kimberly Willis Holt
1968 looks like it'll be a pretty good year for Jaynell Lambert. The town's going to pave the dirt road she lives on, her girly-girl sister, Racine, isn't driving her completely crazy, and Grandpap has just moved in with his new emerald green Cadillac convertible. Jaynell and Grandpap have something special. But why won't Grandpap tell her the reason he visits with the dirt-poor Pickens family on the other side of town? When Jaynell finds out Grandpap's secret, the legacy of an old man transforms a family, and a town. "At once gritty and poetic, stark and sentimental . . . a solid page turner. Holt once again displays her remarkable gift."(School Library Journal, starred review)
Author |
: Lee Child |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 436 |
Release |
: 2001-06-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101146323 |
ISBN-13 |
: 110114632X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Echo Burning by : Lee Child
Jack Reacher finds trouble in Texas in the fifth novel in Lee Child’s #1 New York Times bestselling series. DON'T MISS REACHER ON PRIME VIDEO! Thumbing across the scorched Texas desert, Jack Reacher has nowhere to go and all the time in the world to get there. Cruising the same stretch of two-lane blacktop is Carmen Greer. For Reacher, the lift comes with a hitch. Carmen’s got a wild story to tell—all about her husband, her family secrets, and a hometown that’s purely gothic. She’s also got a plan. Reacher’s part of it. And before the sun sets, this ride could cost them both their lives.
Author |
: Larry McMurtry |
Publisher |
: Liveright Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 283 |
Release |
: 2018-05-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781631493584 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1631493582 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers: A Novel by : Larry McMurtry
A young writer hits the dusty Texas highway for the California coast in this “brilliant . . . funny and dangerously tender” (Time) tale of art and sacrifice. Hailed as one of “the best novels ever set in America’s fourth largest city” (Douglas Brinkley, New York Times Book Review), All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers is a powerful demonstration of Larry McMurtry’s “comic genius, his ability to render a sense of landscape, and interior intellection tension” (Jim Harrison, New York Times Book Review). Desperate to break from the “mundane happiness” of Houston, budding writer Danny Deck hops in his car, “El Chevy,” bound for the West Coast on a road trip filled with broken hearts and bleak realities of the artistic life. A cast of unforgettable characters joins the naïve troubadour’s pilgrimage to California and back to Texas, including a cruel, long-legged beauty; an appealing screenwriter; a randy college professor; and a genuine if painfully “normal” friend. Since the novel’s publication in 1972, Danny Deck has “been far more successful at getting loved by readers than he ever was at getting loved by the women in his life” (McMurtry), a testament to the author’s incomparable talent for capturing the essential tragicomedy of the human experience.
Author |
: Jack Todd |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 370 |
Release |
: 2010-09-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781439109519 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1439109516 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Come Again No More by : Jack Todd
From the award-winning author of the acclaimed Sun Going Down comes an intimate portrait of a marriage and a family struggling to survive turbulent times that echo our own. THE PAINT FAMILY built an American empire on the legendary strength of their character, their wit, and their resolve, but the foreclosures, bank failures, and joblessness of the Great Depression may bring their world down around them. The family’s foundation is further weakened by a rift running through two generations, scarred over by stubbornness and pain. Come Again No More is a uniquely American story about a family navigating a changing world and the tough choices it presents. The indomitable family patriarch, Eli, owns everything as far as the eye can see, but there is an emptiness in his heart. After a dramatic accident leaves him struggling for life, he must reckon with the decisions he made that separated him from the daughter he loved most. A chance for redemption presents itself in his granddaughter Emaline. Eli has faced his own mortality many times, but his pride seems to have a death grip on him. Emaline marries Jake, a womanizing prizefighter who promises to help her realize her dream of making a life on a farm. But Jake’s inner demons and nature itself conspire against Emaline’s fierce determination to make their marriage work. Life sends Emaline many joys when she least expects them, but ultimately, she must make tough decisions about holding on and letting go. Based on the author’s family letters and diaries, Come Again No More is a bittersweet novel, a moving and vivid portrayal of a family’s triumphs and tragedies paralleling the glories and shameful underbelly of a nation struggling through the Great Depression.
Author |
: Jack McEnany |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 246 |
Release |
: 2009-03-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0312368917 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780312368913 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Brush Cat by : Jack McEnany
A Year in the Woods Brush Cat recounts a year in the life of men who perform one of the most dangerous jobs in America—logging New England’s vast forests for timber used in hundreds more ways than most of us realize, from houses to furniture to paper to electricity. In the spirit of John McPhee and Tracy Kidder, we meet an unforgettable cast of characters; feel their pain and exultation, and come to realize the centrality of wood in all of our lives. While they are first and foremost loggers cutting down trees, they are also ardent and effective conservationists who depend on healthy, intact forests for their long-term survival. True, some loggers are wood pirates, but most are pragmatic environmentalists, always asking the question: How do we keep this crop alive and thriving forever? The narrative moves deftly from useful tips on how not to lose body parts to a chain saw, through the terror of huge trees that fall the wrong way, to inconsistent and wrong-headed government forest management. It explores the worldwide demand for wood and wood chips, as well as the effect of climate change on the forest, and traces the money that keeps it all moving. Brush Cat clears the branches to reveal a hidden and fascinating world.
Author |
: Larry Mac Murtry |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 415 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: 8085831155 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9788085831153 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cadillac Jack by : Larry Mac Murtry
Author |
: Joe Gores |
Publisher |
: Hachette UK |
Total Pages |
: 386 |
Release |
: 2015-02-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781471917530 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1471917533 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis 32 Cadillacs by : Joe Gores
A respectable citizen trips on a store escalator. On cue, Cadillacs start disappearing from lots all over San Francisco, as a team of scam artists use pure criminal genius to do one California bank out of $1.3 million of Detroit's finest. The bank hires Daniel Kearny Associates to get the cars back, and soon Kearny's team discover what they're up against: Gypsies. Dangerous charmers, they are one nation united in street crime. The escalator fall has mortally wounded their beloved King, and they're planning to attend his funeral Cadillac-style. And the action won't let up until both repo-men and Gypsies reach the dying Gypsy King - and the biggest scam of all.