Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer – Millhauser, Steven

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ISBN: 051770319X Title: Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer Author: Millhauser, Steven Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Crown, New York Publication Date: 1996 Edition: First Edition Book Condition: F D-j Condition: NF Comments: Tight copy. Back of d-j has light shelf wear. Synopsis: Young Martin Dressler begins his career as an industrious helper in his father's cigar store. In the course of his restless young manhood, he makes a swift and eventful rise to the top, accompanied by two sisters--one a dreamlike shadow, the other a worldly business partner. As the eponymous Martin's vision becomes bolder and bolder he walks a haunted line between fantasy and reality, madness and ambition, art and industry, a sense of doom builds piece-by-hypnotic piece until this mesmerizing journey into the heart of an American dreamer reaches its bitter-sweet conclusion.