The complete ballet : a fictional essay in five acts
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Published
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2017].
Status
Central - Adult Fiction
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F HASKE
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Published
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2017].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
200 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"A public space book."
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John Haskell choreographs an intricate and irresistible pas de deux in which fiction and criticism come together to create a new kind of story. Fueled by the dramatic retelling of five romantic ballets, and interwoven with a contemporary story about a man whose daunting gambling debt pushes him to the edge of his own abyss, it is both a pulpy entertainment and a meditation on the physicality--and psychology--of dance. The unnamed narrator finds himself inexorably drawn back to the pre-cell phone world of Technicolor Los Angeles, to a time when the tragedies of his life were about to collide. Working as a part-time masseur in Hollywood, he attends an underground poker game with his friend Cosmo, a strip-club entrepreneur. What happens there hurtles the narrator down the road and into the room where the novel's violent and surreal showdown leaves him a different person.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Haskell, J. (2017). The complete ballet: a fictional essay in five acts . Graywolf Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Haskell, John, 1958-. 2017. The Complete Ballet: A Fictional Essay in Five Acts. Graywolf Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Haskell, John, 1958-. The Complete Ballet: A Fictional Essay in Five Acts Graywolf Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Haskell, John. The Complete Ballet: A Fictional Essay in Five Acts Graywolf Press, 2017.
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