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A Lean Year and Other Stories

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By (author): Robert Laxalt

In this collection of sixteen short stories, Robert Laxalt illuminates the Nevada of the 1950s. Written when Laxalt was in his twenties, the stories are as fresh as if they were penned yesterday. Humanity good and bad, humor and cruelty, satire and adventure are found in these early stories of a Nevada poised on the brink of change.

In the lead story, Cowboy Clint Hamilton laments that the town is getting more like a big city every day as the traditional gambling joints of earlier times give way to the gaudy casinos that will soon become modern glitz.

Sobering experiences from his days as a reporter give Laxalt an insight into murderers and prison life and lethal gas chambers. In a chilling short story, The Snake Pen, we find the seed of Robert Laxalt's celebrated novel, A Man In the Wheatfield.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 31 Mar 2024
  • Publisher: University of Nevada Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781647791568

About Robert Laxalt

Robert Laxalt graduated from the University of Nevada Reno in 1947. Laxalt joined the staff of the university in 1954 first as director of News and Publications and later as director of the University of Nevada Press which he founded. He was named a Reynolds Distinguished Visiting Professor and held the position of Distinguished Nevada Author Chair. He is the author of seventeen books including the critically acclaimed Sweet Promised Land. He lived in Washoe Valley until his death in 2001.

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