Penrod Jashber
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Yellowed
In the sun-drenched streets of a small American town, twelve-year-old Penrod Schofield and his irrepressible companion Sam Williams transform the mundane into the magnificent — and in Penrod Jashber, their most ambitious scheme yet takes the form of a neighbourhood detective agency, run under the gloriously self-important banner of George B. Jashber, Detective Office, Walk In. The novel chronicles the boys' hilariously misguided investigations, their elaborate rivalries, and the chaotic domestic world that perpetually conspires against their grand ambitions, painting an unforgettable portrait of American boyhood at the turn of the twentieth century. The third and final instalment in Booth Tarkington's beloved Penrod trilogy, Penrod Jashber stands as a testament to the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's gift for rendering childhood with both warmth and razor-sharp comic precision. Tarkington's prose captures the delicious gap between a boy's self-image and reality — between the heroic and the hopelessly ordinary — with an affection that recalls Mark Twain at his most nostalgic. For anyone who has ever fashioned a world of pure imagination out of a backyard and a willing friend, this book remains an irresistible and curiously poignant reminder of what it means to be young.
Author: Booth Tarkington
Format: Hardback
Published: 1929, William Heinemann Ltd
Genre: Childrens fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Yellowed
In the sun-drenched streets of a small American town, twelve-year-old Penrod Schofield and his irrepressible companion Sam Williams transform the mundane into the magnificent — and in Penrod Jashber, their most ambitious scheme yet takes the form of a neighbourhood detective agency, run under the gloriously self-important banner of George B. Jashber, Detective Office, Walk In. The novel chronicles the boys' hilariously misguided investigations, their elaborate rivalries, and the chaotic domestic world that perpetually conspires against their grand ambitions, painting an unforgettable portrait of American boyhood at the turn of the twentieth century. The third and final instalment in Booth Tarkington's beloved Penrod trilogy, Penrod Jashber stands as a testament to the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's gift for rendering childhood with both warmth and razor-sharp comic precision. Tarkington's prose captures the delicious gap between a boy's self-image and reality — between the heroic and the hopelessly ordinary — with an affection that recalls Mark Twain at his most nostalgic. For anyone who has ever fashioned a world of pure imagination out of a backyard and a willing friend, this book remains an irresistible and curiously poignant reminder of what it means to be young.