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Title	The long take ; or, a way to lose more slowly / Robin Robertson.
Author	Robertson, Robin, 1955-
Publication Info.	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
	©2018
Edition	First United States edition.
Description	237 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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ISBN	9780525655213 hardcover
	0525655212 hardcover
Note	Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, London, in 2018.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-236).
Contents	1946 -- 1948 -- 1951 -- 1953 -- Credits.
Summary	A Canadian veteran of D-Day travels through New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, struggling with his memories of the war and experiencing firsthand America's postwar social and racial divisions. The story is told in verse and illustrations -- adapted from cover description.
Awards	Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, 2018.
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Poetry.
	Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Poetry.
	Film noir -- Poetry.
	Journalists -- Poetry.
	City and town life -- Poetry.
	Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Poetry.
	Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- Poetry.
	Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations -- Poetry.
	Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Poetry.
	United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- -- Poetry.
	Poetry.
	Narrative poetry.
Added Title	Long take : a noir narrative.
Related To	Online version: Robertson, Robin, 1955- Long take or a way to lose more slowly. First American edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019 9780525655220 (DLC) 2018014292
OCLC/Vendor #	1029780169