The Candy Butcher's Farewell
Author | Lester Goran |
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Country | USA |
Language | English |
Publisher | McGraw-Hill |
Publication date | 1964 |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 278 |
OCLC | 1148437 |
Preceded by | Maria Light |
The Candy Butcher's Farewell is a novel by the American writer Lester Goran set in the 1930s and 1940s in a small town near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and in Atlantic City, New Jersey
It tells the story of Henry Sneffer Jr., who after his mother dies goes to live with his Uncle Jonas, a slum lord, near Pittsburgh, where he endures his adolescence. Eventually he goes off on a quest for his father which leads him to the burlesque shows of Atlantic City.
References[]
- Demarest, David P. (1976). From These Hills, From These Valleys: Selected Fiction about Western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-1123-X.
Categories:
- 1964 American novels
- Novels by Lester Goran
- Novels set in Pennsylvania
- Novels set in New Jersey
- Fiction set in the 1930s
- Fiction set in the 1940s