Escape Velocity

by Charles Portis

Book Overview

A prolific essayist, travel writer, and newspaper reporter, a varied collection of writing from Charles Portis "America's least known great American novelist," (New York Times Book Review).

Collected here in Escape Velocity, edited by Jay Jennings, is his "miscellany" -- journalism, short fiction, memoir, and even the play Delray's New Moon, published for the first time in this volume. Portis covers topics as varied as the civil...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1468307398
• ISBN13: 9781468307399
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher