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Author Robertson, Robin, 1955- author.

Title The long take ; or, a way to lose more slowly / Robin Robertson.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2018]
©2018

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  F ROBERTSON, R.    Storage
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  FIC ROBERTS    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  FICTION ROBERTSON    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  821.914 ROBERTSON    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F ROBERTSON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  821.914 ROB    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  FIC ROBERTSON    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Adult Fiction  F ROBERTSON, ROBIN    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Adult Fiction  ROBERTSON    Check Shelf
Edition First United States edition.
Description 237 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Note Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, London, in 2018.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-236).
Contents 1946 -- 1948 -- 1951 -- 1953 -- Credits.
Summary A Canadian veteran of D-Day travels through New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, struggling with his memories of the war and experiencing firsthand America's postwar social and racial divisions. The story is told in verse and illustrations -- adapted from cover description.
Awards Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, 2018.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Poetry.
Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Poetry.
Film noir -- Poetry.
Journalists -- Poetry.
City and town life -- Poetry.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Poetry.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- Poetry.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations -- Poetry.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Poetry.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- -- Poetry.
Genre/Form Poetry.
Added Title Long take : a noir narrative.
Other Form: Online version: Robertson, Robin, 1955- Long take or a way to lose more slowly. First American edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019 9780525655220 (DLC) 2018014292
ISBN 9780525655213 (hardcover)
0525655212 (hardcover)
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