De Vries, Peter 1910-1993Overview
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Peckham's marbles
by Peter De Vries
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6 editions published between 1986 and 1990 in English and held by 1,345 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Earl Peckham, frustrated because his novel has sold only three copies, sets out for America's heartland to find the three readers who bought his book
The blood of the lamb
by Peter De Vries
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9 editions published between 1961 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,295 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The story of a man who loses his faith in life as a child, when his brother dies, and tries to recover it in manhood when his young daughter's life hangs in the balance
Slouching towards Kalamazoo
by Peter De Vries
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8 editions published between 1983 and 2005 in English and held by 1,176 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Anthony Thrasher is a fifteen-year-old underachiever who simply cannot grasp the mundane realities of the eighth grade. While under the tutelage of his free-spirited teacher Miss Maggie Doubloon (she has the audacity to assign The Scarlet Letter to her class), Tony suddenly finds himself a father. Miss Doubloon leaves town wearing a large "A+" emblazoned on her T-shirt and returns to her hometown of Kalamazoo. Following Maggie and their illegitimate son, Ahab, Tony meet Bubbles Breedlove -- Ahab's buxom, virginal nursemaid -- and falls madly in love with her
The tunnel of love
by Peter De Vries
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6 editions published between 1954 and 1982 in English and held by 1,075 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The life and somewhat disreputable loves of a cartoonist, comically narrated by his friend, an art editor
The tents of wickedness
by Peter De Vries
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6 editions published between 1949 and 1961 in English and held by 1,051 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A reporter attempts to re-educate a young recluse poetess by means of the spirit of nonconformance in the modern novel. Parodies Various literary styles, from Marquand to Kafka
Consenting adults : or, The duchess will be furious : a novel
by Peter De Vries
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2 editions published between 1980 and 1981 in English and held by 964 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The vale of laughter
by Peter De Vries
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5 editions published between 1967 and 1968 in English and held by 951 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Let me count the ways
by Peter De Vries
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4 editions published between 1965 and 1969 in English and held by 880 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Mackerel Plaza
by Peter De Vries
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7 editions published between 1958 and 1986 in English and held by 865 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The amorous and pastoral problems of a very liberal minister. Satirical, light comedy
Reuben, Reuben
by Peter De Vries
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3 editions published between 1964 and 1984 in English and held by 850 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Without a stitch in time; a selection of the best humorous short pieces
by Peter De Vries
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2 editions published in 1972 in English and held by 841 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sauce for the goose
by Peter De Vries
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4 editions published between 1981 and 1982 in English and held by 834 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Daisy Dobbin sets out to study sexual harassment in business offices, and she and her sister conspirator Effie both fall in love with the same man
Mrs. Wallop
by Peter De Vries
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6 editions published in 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 824 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The prick of noon
by Peter De Vries
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5 editions published between 1985 and 1986 in English and held by 821 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Madder music
by Peter De Vries
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5 editions published between 1977 and 1982 in English and Undetermined and held by 784 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Middle-aged, middle-class writer Bob Swirling copes with his puritanical upbringing, his repressed emotions and hostilities, his lack of self-confidence, and his imagined terminal illness by retreating into the identity of Groucho Marx
The cat's pajamas & Witch's milk; two novels
by Peter De Vries
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4 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 750 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
I hear America swinging
by Peter De Vries
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3 editions published in 1976 in English and held by 747 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Forever panting
by Peter De Vries
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4 editions published between 1973 and 1982 in English and held by 741 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Roman
Into your tent I'll creep
by Peter De Vries
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3 editions published in 1971 in English and held by 735 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The glory of the hummingbird; a novel
by Peter De Vries
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2 editions published between 1974 and 1975 in Undetermined and English and held by 712 WorldCat member libraries worldwide more
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DeVries, Peter, 1910-1993
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