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Binding:HARDCOVER & TRADE PAPERBACK
Modification Description:1 of the 2 BOOKS—the TRADE PAPERBACK—is signed by the AUTHOR.
Place of Publication:New York
Signed:Yes
Publisher:McSWEENEY’s | GROVE / McSWEENEY’S
Modified Item:Yes
Subject:Literature & Fiction
Year Printed:2008
Original/Facsimile:Original
Language:English
Illustrator:KEITH SHORE
Special Attributes:1 of the 2 Books is SIGNED by AUTHOR,1st Edition, 1st Printing—BOTH Books
Region:North America
Author:•• JOHN BRANDON ••
Country/Region of Manufacture:United States
Topic:Action, Adventure
Character Family:N/A
• For Your Consideration: • A LOT of Two (2) Versions of: • “ARKANSAS” BY JOHN BRANDON • TITLE 1: “ARKANSAS”A First Edition, First Printing in HARDCOVER(McSWEENEY’S, 2008) •• TITLE 2: “ARKANSAS” A SIGNED First Edition, First Printing in TRADE PAPERBACK (GROVE | McSWEENEY’S, 2009) • ABOUT THIS TITLE: • “BRANDON introduces his main characters gradually in his quirky debut about a bunch of rootless drifters who form an unstable drug-distribution network in Arkansas: Swin Ruiz, who pulls his first scam before dropping out of college; Kyle Ribb, a shoplifter who stumbles on a job as a courier; and mysterious Ken Hovan (aka ‘Froggy’ or ‘Frog’), who begins with bootleg tapes but graduates to run the shadowy organization.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY • “JOHN BRANDON’s first novel, ARKANSAS…finds him somewhere BETWEEN ELMORE LEONARD and the COEN BROTHERS (RAISING ARIZONA more so than NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN), where middle-class petty crime and twentysomething angst turns into drug trafficking and murder…. ARKANSAS makes for a good fast read and BRANDON’s talent is obvious.”—ZACH KAUFMAN, SPLICETODAY (WEBSITE) • “In ARKANSAS, two young men find themselves mixed up in big-time drug dealing. ‘Find themselves’ is the operative phrase—they both have a casual relationship with ethics that leads the drug ring to choose them, and they don’t bother to disagree with the choice. They’re likable guys, though, and Brandon spends the book sketching their loyalties, morals, and affections in what is otherwise a bankrupt life. One of them even assumes that one day he’ll get out of the game and lead an honest, prosperous life. It doesn’t end well.”—JANET POTTER, BOOKSLUT • “JOHN BRANDON is a prose marksman—half DENIS JOHNSON, half ELMORE LEONARD. It’s been years since I read a book with such dark humor and fierce intelligence. ARKANSAS is relentless.”—DAVY ROTHBART • “ARKANSAS is a proud debut, a coup de main, a true feat of strength, power, and skill.” —ROBERT OLMSTEAD • “BRANDON’s agile imagination, kinetic language, and wonders of characterization make ARKANSAStragic and funny, inevitable and mysterious.” —TOM DRURY • “ARKANSAS packs in all the excitement of fistfights and underground economics, but also conjures our desires for love, for the companionship of our sisters, and for the comfort and warmth that accompanies Saturday morning football.” —SALVADOR PLASCENCIA • “BRANDON does…vivid descriptions of the scenery, capturing the look and feel of neglected small-town storefronts and the featureless flatness of interstate travel. More importantly, BRANDON gets at the particular combination of restlessness and laziness that would make an otherwise sensible person turn to crime. The characters in ARKANSAS are smart, handy folks who could do just about anything. In the end, the possibilities overwhelm them.”—NOEL MURRAY, AVCLUB • “My favorite thing about BRANDON’s writing are his sentences. They take weird left turns and are compelling for reasons you can’t quite name. Each one leaves you wanting to find out what will happen next. “—SEAN CARMAN, THE RUMPUS • “JOHN BRANDON’s remarkable first novel will blow away a certain readership…. ARKANSAS rants against the machine in a voice combining RAYMOND CHANDLER’s side-of-the-mouth noir with QUENTIN TARANTINO’s gleeful-psychopath wit and MARK TWAIN’s episodic romance of the journey.” —SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE • “A finely crafted, TARANTINO-esque mystery written with dark humor, intelligence, and hard-boiled prose. JOHN BRANDON’s writing style in his remarkable debut novel suggests the finely-honed skills of a writer with several decades of books under his belt.”—DOUGLAS R. COBB, CURLED UP (WEBSITE) • “BRANDON’s premiere novel is a must for those who love the criminal and the stern yet dark optimism of the existential. His vision of Arkansas is unique, his wit is sharp, and the sympathy he has for his characters is genuine. For all the dark alleys BRANDON explores, both physically and psychologically, ARKANSAS’s power rests in its redefining and restructuring of the criminal’s only hope: family.” —PopMATTERS • “Add novelist JOHN BRANDON to your list of hipster-sanctioned must-reads…. BRANDON’s writing is so sparse it sometimes feels blasé, but the tension between his hard-boiled prose and his characters’ appealing naiveté makes the novel work.” —PORTLAND MERCURY • “It wouldn’t be inaccurate to call the book especially character-driven, but it would be wrong to constrict it as only that. The characters are delicately crafted, with backstories that unwind like a roll of tape, getting sticker as their personalities unfold. The quality of the narrative can also be appreciated through the author’s general skills in composition. BRANDON’s prose is double-wielding—one end is a blunt weapon, the other is a pointed blade. Both smooth the words onto pages like melting butter with a brave dash of hot sauce.”—GABRIEL MIANULLI, RUNE STONE JOURNAL • • For details about each title, please see below. • TITLE 1: “ARKANSAS” AUTHOR: JOHN BRANDON COVER ART: KEITH SHORE PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: McSWEENEY’S (San Francisco), 2008 TYPE: HARDCOVER PAGES: 227 EDITION: FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING* *No explicit edition data is listed on the Copyright Page—which, per McSWEENEY’S house style, confirms this copy to be a First Edition, First Printing. RE: “McSWEENEY’S is a small publishing house. In most cases the printing is never stated as there is only one printing (as in the case of ‘ARKANSAS’—1 print run of 5000). When they do run multiple printings, they indicate it on the copyright page or in the case of JOHN BRANDON’s ‘CITRUS COUNTRY,’ they changed the color of the cover. They do not follow a standard, consistent method. They DO indicate first editions or later printings, always, but in different ways. Sometimes they state FIRST EDITION. Currently, or in more recent books, they make no indication of the first edition, but indicate on later printings SECOND PRINTING or THIRD PRINTING, etc. They also re-design books in later printings, often changing art work, colors and such.”—SOURCE: RICK BLAHA, OldBooksFromTheBasement (of Maryland Heights, Missouri) NOTE: To determine the edition of the McSWEENEY’S book we had, we did what we often do when a copyright page is confusing or silent: we googled. But, after who knows how long, all we found was nothing: Zero. Zilch. Zip. We have a few go-to sources who help us identify First Editions. These sites feature long lists of publishers and their various confusing practices. And yet no list, as far as we could tell, included McSWEENEY’S—a publishing house that, besides being important and prominent, is also fun. How could book experts ignore McSWEENEY’S? McSWEENEY’S itself (via its website) is also mum on the subject of First Editions. The lack of info about McSWEENEY’S (while info on drab publishers is rampant) was beginning to feel like a head-game. Thankfully, we bumbled onto a listing for a SIGNED 1ST ED HC of JOHN BRANDON’s “ARKANSAS” that is currently being peddled on ABEBOOKS by OldBooksFromTheBasement and that’s how we got…ENLIGHTENMENT (see above)! Our gratitude to OldBooksFromTheBasement for going public with this McSWEENEY’S arcana—and being clear about it—is sincere. ISBN: 978-1-932416-90-9 EDITION EMPHASIS: Not ex-library. Not a book club edition. CONDITION of WRAP-AROUND BAND: GOOD. Covers ¾ of the back cover-board, as issued. Two one-inch tears at top & bottom of right edge. Three tinier cuts (1/8-inch each?) & shelf-wear also occur on right edge. Creasing running up and down. CONDITION of BOOK: VERY GOOD PLUS.Boards are clean with scuffed corners. (Books published by “McSWEENEY’S are very attractive, but scuffed corners, in our experience, are common.) A small sticker—with the legend “McSWEENEY’S RECTANGULARS”—is affixed to bottom corner of front. Imagery & lettering on spine & front remain SHARP. Spine is tight. Endpapers are fine. Text-block edges have minor scuffs & small smudge on bottom. Pages are clean & bright. Looks unread. •• TITLE 2: “ARKANSAS” AUTHOR: JOHN BRANDON COVER ART: KEITH SHORE PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: GROVE | McSWEENEY’S (New York | San Francisco), 2009 TYPE: TRADE PAPERBACK PAGES: 351 EDITION: FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING* *RE: This Number Row on the Copyright Page: “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” And this Year Row on the Copyright Page: “09 10 11 12 13 14” ISBN: 978-0-821-4436-2 EDITION EMPHASIS: Not ex-library. Not a book club edition. CONDITION of WRAPS: VERY GOOD PLUS. Boards are clean. Imagery & lettering on all sides remain bright. Slightly upturned bottom corner on front. Faint ghost of sticker on spine. Scuffed top corner on back. Light shelf-wear. Minor scratching & smudging on both sides. CONDITION of BOOK: VERY GOOD PLUS.Spine is tight. Top & fore text-block edges have light smudging. Fore edge also has scuffing & dings. Endpapers are fine. First few pages are slightly bent at bottom corner—otherwise pages are bright & clean & look unread. 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