Coover

American  

[koo-ver] / ˈku vər /

noun

1. Robert (Lowell), born 1932, U.S. novelist and playwright.

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Example Sentences

“Bloodline” reminds me of the breed of darkly comic postwar novels by Robert Coover, William H. Gass, Harry Crews and others, in which regional manias stand in for a broader national lunacy.

From The Wall Street Journal

Christopher Coover, 72, an expert on rare books and manuscripts at Christie’s auction house, where he oversaw the authentication, appraisal and sale of documents ranging from the original texts of Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” to George Washington’s annotated copy of the Constitution, died in Livingston, New Jersey, on April 3.

From Seattle Times

Coover appeared on the PBS program “Antiques Roadshow,” and assisted in the sale of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Hammer Codex” to Bill Gates for a record $30.2 million in 1994.

From Seattle Times

Christopher Coover, who made a career out of reading other people’s mail as an expert on rare books and manuscripts at Christie’s auction house, where he oversaw the authentication, appraisal and sale of documents ranging from the original texts of Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” to George Washington’s annotated copy of the Constitution, died in Livingston, N.J., on April 3, his 72nd birthday.

From New York Times

As a connoisseur of curios, Mr. Coover was enlisted as an appraiser for the PBS program “Antiques Roadshow,” where at a single glance he could transform an all-but-forgotten autographed book or letter, retrieved from a starry-eyed guest’s basement or attic, into a valuable historical heirloom.

From New York Times