Pickle's Progress
A Novel
Published on 9. April 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-77168-155-1 (ISBN)
Description
"The four main characters in Pickle’s Progress seem more alive than most of the people we know in real life."—Richard Russo
Marcia Butler’s debut novel, Pickle’s Progress, is a fierce, mordant New York story about the twisted path to love.
Over the course of five weeks, identical twin brothers, one wife, a dog, and a bereaved young woman collide with each other to comical and sometimes horrifying effect. Everything is questioned and tested as they jockey for position and try to maintain the status quo. Love is the poison, the antidote, the devil and, ultimately, the hero.
“Pickle’s Progress is a Weird — But Secretly Sweet — Journey.”—npr
Marcia Butler’s debut novel, Pickle’s Progress, is a fierce, mordant New York story about the twisted path to love.
Over the course of five weeks, identical twin brothers, one wife, a dog, and a bereaved young woman collide with each other to comical and sometimes horrifying effect. Everything is questioned and tested as they jockey for position and try to maintain the status quo. Love is the poison, the antidote, the devil and, ultimately, the hero.
“Pickle’s Progress is a Weird — But Secretly Sweet — Journey.”—npr
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Language
English
Place of publication
BC
Canada
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77168-155-1 (9781771681551)
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Marcia Butler has had a number of creative careers: professional musician, interior designer, documentary filmmaker, and author. As an oboist, the New York Times hailed her as a “first rate artist.” Acclaimed interior designs include projects in New York City, Boston, and Miami. The Creative Imperative, her documentary film exploring the essence of creativity, released in Spring 2019. Her memoir, The Skin Above My Knee, was one of the Washington Post’s “top ten noteworthy moments in classical music in 2017”.
Pickle’s Progress is her fiction debut.
After many decades in New York City, Marcia now makes her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Pickle’s Progress is her fiction debut.
After many decades in New York City, Marcia now makes her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.