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I was dancing

I was dancing

by Edwin O'Connor

AgingFictionConflict of generations
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A 78-year-old retired vaudevillian slyly resists his long-suffering son's efforts to send him to a home for senior citizens.

Themes & subjects

AgingFictionConflict of generations

About the author

Edwin O'Connor

1918 – 1968

American journalist, novelist, and radio commentator. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1962 for his novel The Edge of Sadness.

Author

Edwin O'Connor

Pages

242

Read time

≈ 6h

Editions

10

Language

English

Publisher

Bantam Books

ISBN

9780822205524

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