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Halibut on the Moon
Halibut on the Moon
David Vann (born 1966)
English editions
Written in EnglishHalibut on the Moon
Grove Press · United States · 17 March 2020 · Paperback · 272 pages
Halibut on the Moon
Grove Press · United States · 12 March 2019 · Hardcover · 272 pages
Halibut on the Moon
Text Publishing · Australia · 2 April 2019 · Paperback · 272 pages
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Jim is middle-aged, manic-depressive and close to the edge. He flies south from Alaska to California and places himself in the hands of Gary, his brother, who plans to keep an eye on him. Lurching between euphoria and despair, Jim drifts through what is left of his former life: his estranged children, his remote parents, old friends, and sessions with a therapist that grow more and more combative. As his ties to other people thin, his own thoughts drive him onward and threaten to lead him to his end. Told from inside Jim's mind, often with grim humour, the novel reimagines the last days of the author's father.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- United States
- First published
- 2019
- Author's age
- 53 when first published
- ISBN
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9780802128935 (Grove Press, United States)
9781925773514 (Text Publishing, Australia)
9780802148315 (Grove Press, United States)