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Paper Trails

The Life and Times of Pete Dexter

Pete Dexter
3
(2)
Pages
320
Year
2009
Language
English

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"[A] literary feat-when Dexter gets going he crawls under the skin and stays there." - New York Times Book Review
[Dexter's pieces] read like finely honed short stories....Their spare, haunting scenes echo Hemingway, their insights Faulkner. - Cleveland Plain Dealer
PAPER TRAILS is what great newspaper writing is all about. - Washington Post Book World
"Pete Dexter is a master story teller in all forms... This is the work of a great American writer." - Michael Connelly
"A jewel box of muscular writing…" - Denver Post
Superb...Remarkable...The simple clarity of [Dexter's] prose is like an Edward Hopper painting. - New York Sun
With authority and a strange grace, Dexter has crafted a powerful true portrait of the underbelly of the American Dream. - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Lovers of fine writing ought to give a serious consideration to Pete Dexter's new book." - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Paper Trails is a master class in tight, effective writing." - St. Petersburg Times
"The author's true eye for detail makes for easy reading." - Kirkus Reviews
"Laugh-out-loud stories…Ideal for... writers and any book lover who appreciates a good story." - Library Journal
"Compact and illuminating…" - Sunday Oregonian
"Paper Trails will stir nostalgia for those who remember a time when newspapers prided themselves on cutting loose, colorful writers…" - Columbus Dispatch
"A book full of good reading…" - Rocky Mountain News

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