The king of America
Subtitle: a novel
By: Samantha Gillison.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Fiction; Children of divorced parents -- Fiction; Americans -- New Guinea -- Fiction; Anthropology students -- Fiction; Children of the rich -- Fiction; Indigenous peoples -- Fiction; College students -- Fiction; Headhunters -- Fiction; New Guinea -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Traces the short life of Stephen Hesse, who struggles with class differences in his family, finds a sense of direction in the field of anthropology, and suffers an untimely death at the culmination of his efforts in New Guinea.