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Her other awards include the irish times international fiction prize and a penfaulkner award. See all books authored by annie proulx, including the shipping news, and the scribner anthology of contemporary short fiction. Stating that nothing of the original prairie remains, proulx presents the texas panhandle through the eyes of 25yearold bob dollar, a newcomer arriving by car, who sees railroad tracks, grain elevators, drivein restaurants, welcome to signs with mottoes, a plywood. That old ace in the hole by annie proulx 361pp, fourth estate. Pulitzer prize and national book award winner annie proulxs that. That old ace in the hole by annie proulx pulitzer prize and national book award winner annie proulxs that old ace in the hole is told through the eyes of bob dollar, a young denver man trying to make good in a bad world.
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