That Old Ace in the Hole
of Annie Proulx
Description
Folks in the Texas panhandle do not like hog farms. But Bob Dollar is determined to see his new job as hog site scout for Global Pork Rind through to the end. However he is forced to face the idiosyncratic inhabitants of Woolybucket and to question his own notions of loyalty and home.A brilliant novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning Annie Proulx, author of The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain. That Old Ace in the Hole is a richly textured story of one man's struggle to make good in the inhospitable ranch country of the Texas panhandle, told with razor-sharp wit and a masterly sense of place.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 384 pages
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Publication Date October 1st 2009
- First Publication 10/30/02
- Language English
- ISBN 9780007151523
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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