The adventures of John Carson in several quarters of the world : a novel of Robert Louis Stevenson / Brian Doyle.
Author/creator |
Doyle, Brian, 1956 November 6- author. |
Format | Book and Print |
Edition | First Edition. |
Publication Info | New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2017. |
Description | 229 pages ; 22 cm |
Subject(s) |
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Abstract | "The young Robert Louis Stevenson, living in a boarding house in San Francisco while waiting for his beloved's divorce from her feckless husband, dreamed of writing a soaring novel about his landlady's adventurous and globe-trotting husband--but he never got around to it. And very soon thereafter he was married, headed home to Scotland, and on his way to becoming the most famous novelist in the world, after writing such classics as Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped. But now Brian Doyle brings Stevenson's untold tale to life, braiding the adventures of seaman John Carson with those of a young Stevenson, wandering the streets of San Francisco, gathering material for his fiction, and yearning for his beloved across the bay. An adventure tale, an elegy to one of the greatest writers of our language, a time-traveling plunge into The City by the Bay during its own energetic youth, The Adventures of John Carson in Several Quarters of the World is entertaining, poignant, and sensual"-- Provided by publisher. |
Genre/form | Biographical fiction. |
Genre/form | Adventure fiction. |
Genre/form | Historical fiction. |
Genre/form | Action and adventure fiction. |
Genre/form | Biographical fiction. |
Genre/form | Fiction. |
Genre/form | Historical fiction. |
Genre/form | Action and adventure fiction. |
Genre/form | Biographical fiction. |
Genre/form | Historical fiction. |
Genre/form | Biographical fiction. |
Genre/form | Action and adventure fiction. |
Genre/form | Historical fiction. |
Genre/form | Historical fiction. |
LCCN | 2016043274 |
ISBN | 9781250100528 (hardback) |
ISBN | 1250100526 (hardback) |
ISBN | 9781250100535 (e-book) |
ISBN | 1250100534 (e-book) |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | General Stacks | PS3604 .O9547 A63 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |