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The End 

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Salvatore ScibonaThe End (2008)
A novel by Salvatore Scibona

 
"The End is an outstanding work in all the right ways."
Annie Proulx


A brilliant debut novel about a single day in 1953 as lived by six people at an ohio carnival

A small, incongruous man receives an excruciating piece of news. His son has died in a POW camp in Korea. It is August 15, 1953, the day of a tumultuous street carnival in Elephant Park, an Italian immigrant enclave in Ohio. The man is Rocco LaGrassa, and his many years of dogged labor, paternal devotion, and steadfast Christian faith are about to come to a crashing end. He is the first of many exquisitely drawn characters we meet that day, each of whom will come to their own conclusion.

The End follows an elderly abortionist, an enigmatic drapery seamstress, a teenage boy, a jeweler - dramatically into the heart of a crime that will twist all their lives. Against a background of immigration, broken loyalties, and racial hostility, we at last return to August 15, 1953, and see everything Rocco saw - and vastly more - through the eyes of various characters in the crowds.

The End is the unforgettable debut of a singular new American novelist.

 
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Hardback Editions

November 2010 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0224091492Title: The End
Author(s): Salvatore Scibona
ISBN: 0-224-09149-2 / 978-0-224-09149-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
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May 2008 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1555974988Title: The End: A novel
Author(s): Salvatore Scibona
ISBN: 1-55597-498-8 / 9781555974985 (USA edition)
Publisher: Graywolf Press
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Paperback Editions

June 2011 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 009955576XTitle: The End
Author(s): Salvatore Scibona
ISBN: 0-09-955576-X / 978-0-09-955576-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: Vintage
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October 2009 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B0035G02DQTitle: The End
Author(s): Salvatore Scibona
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
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October 2009 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1594484058Title: The End
Author(s): Salvatore Scibona
ISBN: 1-59448-405-8 / 9781594484056 (USA edition)
Publisher: Riverhead Books
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January 2008 : Paperback
Title: The End
Author(s): Salvatore Scibona
Publisher: Graywolf Pr
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Audio Editions

2009 : Audio CD
Title: The End
Author(s): Salvatore Scibona
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC.
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2009 : Audio Cassette
Title: The End
Author(s): Salvatore Scibona
ISBN: 1-4407-1606-4 / 978-1-4407-1606-5
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Other Editions

August 2011 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B00593JNOWTitle: The End
Author(s): Salvatore Scibona
Publisher: Vintage Digital
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October 2009 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B002SZUDJITitle: The End
Author(s): Salvatore Scibona
Publisher: Riverhead
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2009 : Unknown
Title: the end
Author(s): Salvatore Scibona
ISBN: 1-4407-1607-2 / 978-1-4407-1607-2
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