Leaving Pico

by Frank X. Gaspar

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A novel on the Portuguese fishing community of Cape Cod. The hero is young Josie Carvalho whose grandfather teaches him that the Carvalhos discovered America, but were robbed of their glory by the pope. The two live alone, Josie's mother having run off with a man to Florida.

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Frank X. Gaspar

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Frank X. Gaspar is the author of three previous collections of poetry, The Holyoke, Mass for the Grace of a Happy Death, and A Field Guide to the Heavens (winner of the Brittingham Prize for Poetry), and a novel, Leaving Pico, which won the Barnes & Noble Discover Award and the California Book Award for First Fiction. His work has been show more anthologized in Best American Poetry 1996 and 2000, among others. His many honors and awards include a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Pushcart Prize; and the Edgar Stanley Award and a Readers' Choice Award (both from Prairie Schooner). Born in Provincetown, MA, he now lives in southern California. show less