Ticknor: A Novel
On a cold, rainy night, an aging bachelor named George Ticknor prepares to visit his childhood friend Prescott, a successful man who is now one of the leading intellectual lights of their generation. With a hastily baked pie in his hands, and a lifetime of guilt and insecurity weighing upon his...
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On a cold, rainy night, an aging bachelor named George Ticknor prepares to visit his childhood friend Prescott, a successful man who is now one of the leading intellectual lights of their generation. With a hastily baked pie in his hands, and a lifetime of guilt and insecurity weighing upon his soul, he sets out for the Prescotts' dinner party--a party at which he'd just as soon never arrive. Distantly inspired by the real-life friendship between the great historian William Hickling Prescott and his biographer, Ticknor is a witty, fantastical study of resentment; and a biting history of a one-sided friendship.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312426637 (0312426631)
ASIN: 312426631
Publish date: March 20th 2007
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
Was just not my thing, apparently. It's so short, and this became my refrain as I tried to get through it: "It's so short! It'll be over in no time. Oh my god, I still have 72 pages to go." I ended up skipping to the end. It's likely I was just not the right sort of person to appreciate it.
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