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Prisoner's Dilemma

By Richard Powers

Prisoner's Dilemma Contemporary literature

Prisoner's Dilemma

By Richard Powers

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The magnificent second novel from the Pulitzer Prize?winning author of The Overstory and the forthcoming Bewilderment. ?Accomplished . . . mature and assured. . . . A major American novelist.?? New Republic Something is wrong with Eddie Hobson, Sr., father of four, sometime history teacher, quiz master, black humorist, and virtuoso invalid. His recurring fainting spells have worsened, and given his ingrained aversion to doctors, his worried family tries to discover the nature of his sickness. Meanwhile, in private, Eddie puts the finishing touches on a secret project he calls Hobbstown, a place that he promises will save him, the world, and everything that's in it. A dazzling novel of compassion and imagination, Prisoner's Dilemma is a story of the power of individual experience.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
1996-06-01
Publication Date:
1996-04-30
Publisher:
HARPERCOLLINS
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0060977086
ISBN13:
9780060977085
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
316 g
Height:
136 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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