Frederick Barthelme: 3 books
Double Down
Reflections on Gambling and Loss
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2001
“An exquisitely crafted memoir” by two brothers who lost their parents, lost their inheritance—and almost lost their freedom (The Wall Street Journal).
Frederick Barthelme and his brother Steven were both accomplished, respected writers with stable adult lives when they lost both of their...
by Frederick Barthelme
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
A fiftyish graphic designer forced into retirement discovers, via a parade of unlikely events, that it may still be a lovely day in the neighborhood, by "the master of the low-key epiphany." (The New Yorker)
Wallace Webster lives alone in Kemah, Texas at Forgetful Bay, a condo development...
by Frederick Barthelme
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
Set amidst the tatters of post-Katrina Gulf Coast Mississippi, Waveland is a brilliantly observed portrait of our times from one of the most incisive novelists at work today.
Partially retired architect Vaughn Williams does what he can to remain "viable." Battling the doldrums of midlife,...