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The Alphabet Man

paperback – January 1, 1993
by Grossman, Richard
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ISBN-13: 9780932511775 ISBN-10: 0932511775
Publisher
Brand: Fiction Collective 2
Binding
paperback
Published
January 1, 1993
Weight
1.3 lbs
Dimensions
21.60×3.20×14.00 cm

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The Alphabet Man by Grossman, Richard. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780932511775.

"America loves a murder, and I am a murderous American," observes Clyde Wayne Franklin, who is considered by many to be the foremost poet in America. No ordinary killer, he is equal parts writer, obsessive lover, alcoholic, moralist, ex-con, clown, and butcher. The Alphabet Man is the story of his ruthless search for carnal love and spiritual redemption as he moves through the underworld of Washington, D.C., a sadistic landscape peopled by drug dealers, prostitutes, and assassins-for-hire. Part thriller, part psychological and linguistic masterpiece, Grossmans explosive fiction convinces us that if there is a pure poetry in the modern world, it must be rooted in madness, prophecy, and bloodshed.