A Wasteland of Strangers

By Bill Pronzini

Book Overview

Set in an isolated town in Northern California, A Wasteland of Strangers begins with the arrival of John Faith in Pomo. Who is he? Why has he come here now, during the off-season when there is nothing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802733018
• ISBN13: 9780802733016
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Walker & Co
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Clothes make the Man

So very inventive and wonderfully written. The author manages to present each character in three dimensions and true to form. This is a modern vesion of Gottfried Keller's "Clothes Make the Man", showing how outer appearances can create strong prejudice. And, sad to say, conformity is still a must in today's culture. In some European countries, police even set up a raster of neighborhoods, according to the motto: "You don't wear jeans, you are suspect". Big Brother is prejudiced.