October Light

John Gardner

earliest edition we have, 1976 Knopf : distributed by Random House, 1976 433 pages

Arena Books

"Stubborn, cranky, and conservative, 72-year-old James Page has reached the breaking point with his obstinate, sober, and progressive older sister, Sally Abbot. So, he takes a twelve-gauge shotgun to her color television and chases her up to her room, where she finds herself locked in with only a trashy novel to read, and only apples to eat. Gardner uses the escalation of their colossal feud as a crucible in which he...

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Editions we hold

October Light paperback · 2005 · New Directions · 440 pages · 9780811216371
October Light paperback · 1989 · Vintage · 433 pages · 9780679721338
October light edition · 1986 · Vintage Books · 498 pages
October Light. edition · 1984 · Arrow Books
October Light paperback · 1983 · Ballantine Books · 9780345315502
October Light paperback · 1981 · Ballantine Books · 498 pages · 9780345292988
October light edition · 1977 · Cape · 401 pages
October light edition · 1976 · Knopf : distributed by Random House · 433 pages

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