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      Genoa

      by Paul Metcalf
      Published
      Jul 2015
      Main Genre
      Literary Literary
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      264
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      A legendary work of literary wizardry in which the author reckons with Christopher Columbus, America, myth, and his great-grandfather Herman Melville. First published in 1965, Genoa is Paul Metcalf's literary masterpiece in which he attempts to purge the burden of his relationship to his great-grandfather Herman Melville. In his signature polyphonic style, a storm-tossed Indiana attic becomes the site of a reckoning with the life of Melville; with Columbus, and his myth; and between two brothers—one, an MD who refuses to practice; the other, an executed murderer. Genoa is a triumph, a novel without peer, that vibrates and sings a quintessentially American song. Includes an introduction by Rick Moody (The Ice Storm).

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      General Fiction

      Subgenres

      Literary

      Themes

      Nautical

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      First Edition Jul 2015 Coffee House Press ISBN13 9781566893923 ISBN10 1566893925
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      Jun 2015 Coffee House Press ISBN13 9781566894081 ISBN10 1566894085
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      Jun 2015 Coffee House Press ISBN10 B00Y79YI9O
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