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Log of the S.S. the Mrs Unguentine - (American Literature (Dalkey Archive)) by Stanley G Crawford (Paperback)

Log of the S.S. the Mrs Unguentine - (American Literature (Dalkey Archive)) by  Stanley G Crawford (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"A captivating short work almost beyond description." The New Yorker<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A captivating short work almost beyond description. The New Yorker<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><P>"A captivating short work almost beyond description."-"The New Yorker"<br><br>Like that second the in its title, Log of the S.S. The Mrs. Unguentine is a stubborn creation that demands attention, and that odd surname is right on the money: This formally seamless book stings and soothes, like the most potent ointment, applied to literature too content to play it far too safe.<br><br>No one captures the mind of a control freak like Stanley Crawford.<br><br>While Crawford's novel brings to mind the great literature of the sea (Moby-Dick, Mutiny on the Bounty, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"), he doesn't allude to it; he doesn't have to. Log of the S.S. the Mrs. Unguentine the book's most inelegant passage is its title is a brave and audacious novel whose style, structure, story and language come together like strands of hemp spliced into an intricate knot.<br><br>"I'll tell you a book I want to teach. Log of the S.S. The Mrs. Unguentine by Stanley Crawford. It's out of print. How can a book like that be out of print? If I wrote that book and it went out of print, I just don't know what I would do. I'd have to call the police, I think." -- Deb Olin Unferth<br><br>"Log of the S.S. The Mrs. Unguentine is a captivating short work almost beyond description." -- Verlyn Klinkenborg<br><br>"No one captures the mind of a control freak like Stanley Crawford." -- Ed Park<br>

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