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Author Name: Gilchrist, Ellen
Title: The Cabal and Other Stories
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A. Little, Brown & Company 2000
ISBN Number: 0-316-31491-9 / 9780316314916
Seller ID: 404-4366
Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Gray boards with a mauve, silver-stamped backstrip. Octavo. 272pps. There is a remainder mark on the bottom of the textblock, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed; the original price is intact.
"...'This is the story of a group of people who had a bizarre and unexpected thing happen to them. Their psychiatrist went crazy and started injecting himself with drugs. The most useful and dependable man in their lives became a maniac in the true sense of the word.'
So begins the 'The Cabal,' the hilarious novella that forms the centerpiece of Ellen Gilchrist's sparkling collection of stories. Dr. Jim Jaspers's patients include all the most prominent citizens of Jackson, Mississippi -- wealthy businessmen, wealthy socialites, even the governor's daughter. Unfortunately for them, their beloved psychiatrist suddenly goes mad himself, revealing their deepest secrets and embarrassing misdeeds to anyone who will listen. The result is a hilarious, bitingly ironic tale, revealing that our deepest secrets invariably are those best known by others.
The five stories that follow are classic Gilchrist, including another witty and wise account of Miss Crystal by Traceleen. In one story, a happily married nurse finds herself pursued by an old high-school boyfriend. In another, a grandmother makes a cross-country pilgrimage from Kansas City to Mississippi to see her family. From a literary writer struggling in Hollywood to the mysterious appearance of thirty-six gold coins in a small Southern town, these stories will delight both old and new Gilchrist fans..."
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SOUTHERN STATES FICTION SHORT STORIES SINGLE AUTHOR ELLEN GILCHRIST THE CABAL FIRST EDITIONS AMERICAN LITERATURE DR JIM JASPERS JACKSON MISSISSIPPI MISS CRYSTAL TRACELEEN
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