Robert Crews by Thomas Berger HCDJ 1st Edition/1st Printing Very Good. Slight soiling to page edges and edges of boards. Very minor bump to both bottom corners. Dust jacket complete, unfaded, and gorgeous; protected by a Brodart mylar sleeve. A very nice copy!

Berger has written a couple of my favorite novels, Little Big Man and Reinhard in Love (all the Reinhart books are great). This, while not on par with those two books, is very entertaining. Berger's prose style, with, and intelligence shine through in a sort of retelling of Robinson Crusoe set in a northern wilderness. Berger is, sadly, under-appreciated these days. For me, he's one of the greatest post-WWII novelists and this is a great read!

About the book:

With the humor, irony, and veteran story-telling that have made him one of America's most respected novelists, Thomas Berger has written a modern-day Robinson Crusoe. In his latest work, Thomas Berger takes us on an odyssey in the wilderness that becomes a mythic adventure. Robert Crews, middle-aged, alcoholic, his life in shambles, joins three pals on a fishing expedition that meets with catastrophe. The plane that was to take them to a northern fishing lodge crashes. Robert Crews is the sole survivor. In a wilderness for which he has no preparation, Crews must become Crusoe. Forced into sobriety, he must confront not only an alien environment, but all the specters of his past: his broken marriages, his aimlessness, his profound loneliness, his failed existence. As he taps into resources he didn't know he had, Crews gradually becomes, for the first time, committed to his survival - and, eventually, to the survival of his companion, Friday. The accidental encounter with Friday, who is on the run from her violent husband, elicits Crews's feelings of protectiveness and compassion, and also love. Through her, Crews discovers his competence and manhood. This is a tale of more than survival - it is about transformation, commitment, and the possibility of redemption.