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Coover here presents a series of short, connecting fictions associated with the cinema. Thus, we are given contrivances titled ''Adventure,'' ''Comedy,'' and ''Romance,'' but they violate our expectations of these time-honored forms: ''Shootout at Gentry's Junction'' is a typical Western, but the good guys lose; in ''Charlie in the House of Rue,'' a sort of funhouse, the tricks turn nasty, even murderous; and the romance in ''You Must Remember This'' sours into sordid adultery. These longer fictions are framed by shorter ones carrying out the cinematic conceit: there are previews, shorts, cartoons, even an intermission. Coover's style is viciously witty, so that one must finally ask ''What's the point?'' A brilliant but empty tour de force, though librarians should still consider this new work by the author of the well-received Gerard's Party. Susan Avallone
Coover here presents a series of short, connecting fictions associated with the cinema. Thus, we are given contrivances titled ''Adventure,'' ''Comedy,'' and ''Romance,'' but they violate our expectations of these time-honored forms: ''Shootout at Gentry's Junction'' is a typical Western, but the good guys lose; in ''Charlie in the House of Rue,'' a sort of funhouse, the tricks turn nasty, even murderous; and the romance in ''You Must Remember This'' sours into sordid adultery. These longer fictions are framed by shorter ones carrying out the cinematic conceit: there are previews, shorts, cartoons, even an intermission. Coover's style is viciously witty, so that one must finally ask ''What's the point?'' A brilliant but empty tour de force, though librarians should still consider this new work by the author of the well-received Gerard's Party. Susan Avallone
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Hardback Editions
August 1987 : Hardback
| Title: A Night at the Movies: Or, You Must Remember This Author(s): Robert Coover ISBN: 0-434-14390-1 / 978-0-434-14390-0 (UK edition) Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1987 : Hardback
| Title: A Night at the Movies Or, You Must Remember This Author(s): Robert Coover ISBN: 0-671-61796-6 / 978-0-671-61796-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
March 2007 : Paperback
| Title: A Night at the Movies, or, You Must Remember This Author(s): Robert Coover ISBN: 1-56478-160-7 / 9781564781604 (USA edition) Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 1992 : Paperback
| Title: A Night at the Movies or, You Must Remember This Author(s): Robert Coover ISBN: 1-56478-016-3 / 9781564780164 (USA edition) Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press,U.S. Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 1988 : Paperback
| Title: A Night at the Movies: Or, You Must Remember This Author(s): Robert Coover ISBN: 0-02-019120-0 / 978-0-02-019120-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Collier Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1987 : Paperback
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