American Youth: A Novel |
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| Authors: | LaMarche, Phil |
| Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group |
| BISAC/Subject: | FIC019000, FIC043000, FIC039000 |
| ISBN: | 9781588366054, Related ISBNs: 067697905X, 0676979068, 0812977408, 1400066050, 1588366057 |
| Classification: | Non-Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 240, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: American Youth is a controlled, essential, and powerful tale of a teenager in southern New England who is confronted by a terrible moral dilemma following a fatal firearms accident in his home. This tragedy earns him the unwelcome admiration of a sinister group of boys at his school and a girl associated with them. Set in a town riven by social and ideological tensions – an old rural culture in conflict with newcomers – this is a classic portrait of a young man struggling with the idea of identity and responsibility in an America ill at ease with itself.
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