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LookoutCartridge
byJosephMcElroy
With"LookoutCartridge,"JosephMcElroyestablishedareputationasoneofcontemporaryfiction'sforemostinnovatorsanddeftobserversintothefissuresofmodernsociety.Itisanovelofdazzlingintricacy,absorbingsuspense,andthehighestambition:toredeemthegreatclaimofparanoiaontheAmericanpsyche.Intryingtofigureoutjustwhoissothreatenedbya...more
Paperback,531pagesPublishedNovember25th2003byOverlookBooks(firstpublished1974)
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JosephMcElroyisanAmericannovelist,shortstorywriter,andessayist.
McElroygrewupinBrooklynHeights,NY,aneighborhoodthatfeaturesprominentlyinmuchofhisfiction.HereceivedhisB.A.fromWilliamsCollegein1951andhisM.A.fromColumbiaUniversityin1952.HeservedintheCoastGuardfrom19524,andthenreturnedtoColumbiatocompletehisPh.D.in1961.AsanEnglishinstru...more
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