Bellevue Literary Press publisher cover, tenth anniversary edition

Tinkers

by Paul Harding · 2009

A dying New England man revisits his family’s past. The verified cover and ISBN refer to the tenth anniversary edition, with a foreword by Marilynne Robinson.

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Selected by Martin Casado for its exceptionally beautiful writing.

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