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Nickel Mountain

Nickel Mountain

by John Gardner

1963Pastoral fictionFiction, generalOverweight menFictionTeenage girls
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About this book

The story of a middle-aged man who runs a rural diner and the young, plain girl who drifts into his life.

Themes & subjects

Pastoral fictionFiction, generalOverweight menFictionTeenage girlsCountry life
First published 1963

About the author

John Gardner
John Gardner

1933 – 1982

John Champlin Gardner Jr. was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic, and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view.

Author

John Gardner

First published

1963

Pages

312

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

20

Languages

English, Russian, Hebrew

Publisher

Ballantine Books

ISBN

9780224010801

Where to buy

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