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Literary fiction, 6x9 hardcover, 285 pages
About the Book
A young, low-level manager for a freight-forwarding firm becomes the victim of a scheming subordinate and begins to imagine that the police are after him. He sets off to make a new life for himself with no talent, few abilities, very little money, and lots of heart.
Critical Acclaim
Disarmingly simple, despite its hairpin twists and buried secrets: Spencer manages to convey the real wonder of discovering life for the first time. Kirkus Reviews, March 2003
"The lucid style and unpretentious simplicity of David Spencer's novel is reminiscent of the great Russians, Checkhov especially." – Madison Smartt Bell, author of All Souls' Rising
"David Spencer's How I Became a Fisherman Named Pete has such a clarity and energy and richness of character and prose that the story has an importance and presence in my mind long after I finished the book. It's an old-fashioned narrative in the very best sense amazing for a first novel, any novel with an authenticity and authority of voice which lifts off the page." Susan Richards Shreve, author of Plum and Jaggers
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