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An arsonist's guide to writers' homes in new england

A lot of remarkable things have happened in the life of Sam Pulsifer, the hapless hero of this incendiary novel, beginning with the ten years he spent in prison for accidentally burning down Emily Dickinson's house and unwittingly killing two people. emerging at age twenty-eight, he creates a new life and identity as a husband and father. But when the homes of other famous New England writers suddenly go up in smoke, he must prove his innocence by uncovering the identity of this literary-minded arsonist. In the league of such contemporary classics as A Confederacy of Dunces and The World According to Garp, An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England is an utterly original story about truth and honesty, life and the imagination.

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  • "A lot of remarkable things have happened in the life of Sam Pulsifer, the hapless hero of this incendiary novel, beginning with the ten years he spent in prison for accidentally burning down Emily Dickinson's house and unwittingly killing two people. emerging at age twenty-eight, he creates a new life and identity as a husband and father. But when the homes of other famous New England writers suddenly go up in smoke, he must prove his innocence by uncovering the identity of this literary-minded arsonist. In the league of such contemporary classics as A Confederacy of Dunces and The World According to Garp, An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England is an utterly original story about truth and honesty, life and the imagination."@en
  • "A lot of remarkable things have happened in the life of Sam Pulsifer, the hapless hero of this incendiary novel, beginning with the ten years he spent in prison for accidentally burning down Emily Dickinson's house and unwittingly killing two people. emerging at age twenty-eight, he creates a new life and identity as a husband and father. But when the homes of other famous New England writers suddenly go up in smoke, he must prove his innocence by uncovering the identity of this literary-minded arsonist.In the league of such contemporary classics as A Confederacy of Dunces and The World According to Garp, An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England is an utterly original story about truth and honesty, life and the imagination."
  • "Sam is determined to put his past behind him after serving a prison term for torching an American literary landmark, but when the homes of notable American writers begin to go up in smoke, his history makes him the prime suspect."
  • "Sam Pulsifer is determined to put his past behind him after serving a prison term for torching an American literary landmark and killing two people in the blaze, but when the homes of notable American writers begin to go up in smoke, his history makes him the prime suspect."@en
  • "Sam Pulsifer is determined to put his past behind him after serving a prison term for torching an American literary landmark and killing two people in the blaze, but when the homes of notable American writers begin to go up in smoke, his history makes him the prime suspect."
  • "Sam Pulsifer a purgé dix ans de prison après avoir provoqué la mort de deux personnes en mettant le feu à la maison d'Emily Dickinson. Bien décidé à laisser le passé derrière lui, il a maintenant changé de nom et vit avec sa femme et ses deux enfants. Mais les maisons d'E. Wharton, H. Melville et N. Hawthorne sont incendiées. Suspecté, il décide de trouver le véritable coupable.--[Memento]."
  • "This book is the delightfully dark story of Sam Pulsifer, the accidental arsonist and murderer narrator who leads readers through a multilayered, flame-filled adventure about literature, lies, love and life. Growing up in Amherst, Mass., with an editor for a father and an English teacher for a mother, Sam was fed endless stories that fueled (literally and figuratively) the rest of his life. Thus, the blurred boundaries between fact and fiction, story and reality become the landscape for amusing and provocative adventures that begin when, at age 18, Sam accidentally torches the Emily Dickinson Homestead, killing two people. After serving 10 years, Sam tries to distance himself from his past through college, employment, marriage and fatherhood, but he eventually winds up back in his parents' home, separated from his wife and jobless. When more literary landmarks go up in flames, Sam is the likely suspect, and his determination to find the actual arsonist uncovers family secrets and more than a bit about human nature. Sam is equal parts fall guy and tour guide in this bighearted and wily jolt to the American literary legacy."@en
  • "This book is the delightfully dark story of Sam Pulsifer, the accidental arsonist and murderer narrator who leads readers through a multilayered, flame-filled adventure about literature, lies, love and life. Growing up in Amherst, Mass., with an editor for a father and an English teacher for a mother, Sam was fed endless stories that fueled (literally and figuratively) the rest of his life. Thus, the blurred boundaries between fact and fiction, story and reality become the landscape for amusing and provocative adventures that begin when, at age 18, Sam accidentally torches the Emily Dickinson Homestead, killing two people. After serving 10 years, Sam tries to distance himself from his past through college, employment, marriage and fatherhood, but he eventually winds up back in his parents' home, separated from his wife and jobless. When more literary landmarks go up in flames, Sam is the likely suspect, and his determination to find the actual arsonist uncovers family secrets and more than a bit about human nature. Sam is equal parts fall guy and tour guide in this bighearted and wily jolt to the American literary legacy"
  • ""This satirical and very funny novel centres on a man who accidentally burns down the home of Emily Dickinson, in the process killing a couple who were making love in her bed. During his years in prison, he and his family received volumes of fan mail asking that he also burn down other famous literary homes, such as those of Mark Twain and Nathaniel Hawthorne. After his release, someone begins to do just that, with the hero being forced to find out who wants to frame him by destroying the homes."--Provided by publisher."@en
  • "Sam Pulsifer, who has served ten years in prison for torching the Emily Dickinson House, becomes the prime suspect when the homes of Robert Frost, Edith Wharton, Herman Melville, and Nathaniel Hawthorne go up in smoke."

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  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Black humor (Literature)"@en
  • "Black humor (Literature)"
  • "Black humor (Literature.)"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Black humor"
  • "Black humor"@en

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  • "Handboek van een pyromaan"
  • "An arsonist's guide to writers' homes in new england"
  • "An arsonist's guide to writers' homes in new england"@en
  • "Guide de l'incendiaire des maisons d'écrivains en Nouvelle-Angleterre roman"
  • "Leitfaden zum Abfackeln von Schriftstellerresidenzen : Roman"
  • "An arsonist's guide to writers' homes in New England a novel"@en
  • "An arsonist's guide to writers' homes in New England a novel"
  • "An arsonist's guide to writer's homes in New England"
  • "An arsonist's guide to writers homes in New-England"
  • "Guide de l'incendiaire des maisons d'écrivains en Nouvelle-Angleterre : roman"
  • "An arsonist's guide to writers' homes in New England : a novel"@en
  • "An arsonist's guide to writers' homes in New England : a novel"
  • "An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England"@en
  • "An arsonist's guide to writers' homes in New England"@en
  • "An arsonist's guide to writers' homes in New England"

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