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Morning, Noon and Night by Spalding Gray (1999, Hardcover)

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The hilarious new monologue about fatherhood, by the author ofIt's a Slippery Slope In Morning, Noon and Nightthat master of the confessional, Spalding Gray, tells the event-filled, emotionally charged and outrageously funny story of one day of his life in October 1997, after the birth of his son Theo. Horrified by the prospect of having another son, considering what he and his two brothers did to their father, and ambivalent about the idea of living in a small, quaint town on eastern Long Island that seems an odd detour for a man destined for California, Spalding comes to feel, of course, a profound affinity for his baby boy, born with the looks of "a wet, blue beaver." But this is not merely a father's account of an infant son; it's the story of his new life with his girlfriend Kathie; his regally precocious eleven-year-old stepdaughter, Marissa ("Please don't let me die a virgin!"); and his older son, Forrest, who stymies Spalding time and again with his metaphysical inquisitiveness: "Daddy, what's behind the stars?" "How do flies celebrate?" Cosmic questions that for Gray are reinforced by the view from his bedroom window-a seventeenth-century graveyard-a cold reminder to the author of the impermanence of things, the transient nature of his life, the strange calling of his profession, which brilliantly confirms Wordsworth's dictum that the child is father to the man. A richly comic work about parenthood , about adults who don't grow up and children who do, that stands as Spalding Gray's most mature work to date.

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Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374299854
ISBN-13
9780374299859
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1025376

Product Key Features

Book Title
Morning, Noon and Night
Author
Spalding Gray
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Parenting / Fatherhood, General
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography
Number of Pages
112 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
98.1 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ps3557.R333m67 1999
Reviews
Praise forMorning, Noon and Night "Almost effortless in its humor and clarity . . . Spalding Gray's captivating new monologue is absolute confirmation of the liberating power of devotion to a child."--Peter Marks,The New York Times "One of his most delightful pieces to date."--David Kaufman,Newsday
Lccn
99-025630
Dewey Decimal
812/.54
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21

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