Silk Parachute
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. Hardcover. 8vo. 227 pp. Later printing. In these ten pieces, McPhee covers with his characteristic humor and intensity: lacrosse, long-exposure view-camera photography, the weird foods he has sometimes been served in the course of his reportorial travels, a U. S. Open golf championship, and a season in Europe 'on the chalk,' from the downs and sea cliffs of England to the Maas Valley in the Netherlands and the Champagne country of northern France. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Item #427202543
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