Fridays at Enrico's: A Novel

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Fridays at Enrico's: A Novel

â€œDon Carpenterâ€™s semi-â€autobiographical Fridays at Enricoâ€™s can be read as the swan song of the entire Love Generation.â€ â€”The New York Times Book Review
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The author of A Hard Rain Falling and A Couple of Comedians, Don Carpenter was one of the finest novelists working in the west. When fellow author Richard Brautigan killed himself, Carpenter tried for some time to write a biography of his remarkable, deeply troubled friend.
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He finally abandoned that in favor of writing a novel:Â Fridays at Enricoâ€™s, the story of four writers living in San Francisco and Portland during the 50s and early 60s. The heady days of the Beat scene were a time of youth and opportunity, when the artists and bohemians were busy creating the groundwork for what came to be the counterculture.
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Recently discovered in a complete penultimate manuscript, having been lost since the authorâ€™s death, Fridays at Enricoâ€™s was edited and shaped by a great champion of Don Carpenter, Jonathan Lethem.
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â€œHis writing, about Portland pool hustlers, lady-killing comedians, and drug-sniffing screenwriters, is as radiant and surprising now as it was the moment it was written. Though they occasionally wallow in lifeâ€™s darker vices, Carpenterâ€™s novels stand out for their resolute, hardscrabble sunniness.â€ â€”Grantland
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â€œFridays at Enricoâ€™sÂ captures the literary and social scene of Northern California in quick, knowing portraits.â€ â€”San Francisco Chronicle
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â€œI donâ€™t suppose Iâ€™ll ever get over my friend Don Carpenterâ€™s tragic death, but it helps more than a little that as his legacy he left us his best book:Â Fridays at Enricoâ€™s.â€ â€”Curt Gentry, coauthor of Helter Skelter

Country	USA
Author	Don Carpenter
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781619023765
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Counterpoint
Manufacturer	Counterpoint
NumberOfPages	333
PublicationDate	2014-04-21
Publisher	Counterpoint
ReleaseDate	2018-11-01
Studio	Counterpoint

Fridays at Enrico's: A Novel

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