A derelict antiques and scrap metal business in Owls Head, Maine, is the setting of this multi-layered word-portrait of its owner, William Buck-minster, proprietor of an extraordinary collection of discarded and decaying items, no-longer-functioning remnants of previous lives. Buckminster's world, which includes both his vaunted talents in the local pool halls and his sure knowledge of the seemingly endless number of fascinating objects from his vast supply, are inspiration for Purcell's carefully crafted meditation on collecting and entropy, and the signals both send to those of us willing to pay attention. 34 duotone footnote photographs.
- ISBN10 0971454868
- ISBN13 9780971454866
- Publish Date 17 November 2003
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 15 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint The Quantuck Lane Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English