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Peter Cameron - The City of Your Final Destination

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An American graduate student who wishes to write the life of a prominent Uruguayan writer named Jules Gund goes to Gund's home town to talk to the family about his project. His arrival and the subsequent events change the lives of everyone involved.

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Authors	Peter Cameron
Fiction Genre	Literary Criticism
Fiction Subgenre	• • • • • • •
Awards	2003 PEN/Faulkner Award

Professional Reviews

Professional Reviews

<b><i>Times Literary Supplement</i>:</b> "There are two opposing forces in Cameron's fiction. The world is sometimes seen as a glittering, slightly incomprehensible carapace; sometimes as something warm, human and explicable. It is not always clear which is which and this is what gives his vision depth and charm....The first half of the novel is good enough to deserve various debased adjectives: magical, wonderful, enchanting. The second half turns its hand to working through the idea in a quaintly literal fashion, manipulating the characters so as to dramatize and resolve their dilemmas...."

Book Editions

Book Editions

PaperbackReprint320May 01, 2003Plume8"(h) x 5.25"(w) x 0.75"(d), 0.6 lbs.9780452284302

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