Escape Velocity
Description
Best known for his glorious comic novels--including the American classic True Grit--Charles Portis was also a prolific essayist, travel writer, and newspaper reporter. Now, for the first time, these writings--journalism, short fiction, memoir, travel stories, and even a play--have been brought together in Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany. The collection encompasses the breadth of Portis's fifty-year writing career, covering topics as varied as road tripping in Baja, Elvis's visits to his aging mother, and his own boyhood in Arkansas. Also included in Escape Velocity are Portis's three-act play Delray's New Moon, Damn! a rare short story from 1957, and tributes by Donna Tartt, Wells Tower, Ron Rosenbaum, Ed Park, and Roy Blount Jr. While fans of Charles Portis's sly and distinctive humor, quirky characters, and keen ear for detail will be thrilled at this new addition to their libraries, Escape Velocity will also serve as an essential introduction to those not yet familiar with his work.
Product Details
| Publisher | Recorded Books, Inc. |
| Publish Date | May 03, 2022 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  CD-Audio |
| EAN/UPC | 9798200979455 |
| Dimensions | N/A |
About the Author
Charles Portis (1933-2020) was an American author best known for his classic Western True Grit and the novel Norwood, both of which were made into major motion pictures. He served in the US Marine Corps during the Korean War and then attended the University of Arkansas. As a reporter, he wrote for the New York Herald Tribune and was also its London bureau chief. His first novel, Norwood, was published in 1966 and True Grit in 1968. His other novels include Masters of Atlantis, The Dog of the South, and Gringos.
T. Ryder Smith is a narrator whose audiobook readings have won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration as well as several AudioFile Earphones Awards. As an award-winning actor, he has appeared on Broadway in Equus and in many off-Broadway shows including Passion Play, Dead Man's Cell Phone, and Lebensraum, for which he won a Drama Desk Award. He has also made numerous television appearances on series such as Nurse Jackie, Blue Bloods, Law & Order: SVU, and others.
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