That Old Ace in the Hole
- ISBN-10
- 5559313807
- ISBN-13
- 9785559313801
- Series
- That Old Ace in the Hole
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-01-01
- Author
- Annie Proulx
Description
Proulx's novel is told through the eyes of Bob Dollar, a young Denver man whose own parents abandoned him on his uncle's doorstep when he was seven. A strikingly intimate account of the vast waves of change shaping American culture across the decades, "That Old Ace in the Hole" is an exceptional achievement from a fine writer.
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