The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner

The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner

From the dean of Western writers (The New York Times) and the Pulitzer Prize winning-author of>Angle of Repose and>Crossing to Safety, his National Book Award-winning novel

A Penguin Classic

Joe Allston is a retired literary agent who is, in his own words, just killing time until time gets around to killing me. His parents and his only son are long dead, leaving him with neither ancestors nor descendants, tradition nor ties. His job, trafficking the talent of others, had not been his choice. He passes through life as a spectator.

A postcard from a friend causes Allston to return to the journals of a trip he had taken years before, a journey to his mother's birth-place where he'd sought a link with the past. The memories of that trip, both grotesque and poignant, move through layers of time and meaning, and reveal that Joe Allston isn't quite spectator enough.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780143105794
ISBN 10	0143105795
Title	The Spectator Bird
Author	Wallace Stegner
Series	Penguin Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books
Year published	2010-07-27
Number of pages	204
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.