The harder they come a novel
Set in contemporary Northern California, The Harder They Come explores the volatile connections between three damaged people -- an aging ex-Marine and Vietnam veteran, his psychologically unstable son, and the son's paranoid, much older lover -- as they careen towards an explosive confrontation...
Main Author: | Boyle, T. Coraghessan (Author) |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York, NY :
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
[2015]
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Edition: | First edition. |
Subjects: |
Summary: |
Set in contemporary Northern California, The Harder They Come explores the volatile connections between three damaged people -- an aging ex-Marine and Vietnam veteran, his psychologically unstable son, and the son's paranoid, much older lover -- as they careen towards an explosive confrontation. |
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Item Description: |
Subtitle from book jacket. |
Physical Description: |
384 pages ; 24 cm |
ISBN: |
9780062349378 (hardcover) 0062349376 (hardcover) |
Author Notes: |
He has written over 20 books including After the Plague, Drop City, The Inner Circle, Tooth and Claw, The Human Fly, Talk Talk, The Women, Wild Child, and When the Killing's Done. He has received numerous awards including the PEN/Faulkner Award for best novel of the year for World's End; the PEN/Malamud Prize in the short story for T. C. Boyle Stories; and the Prix Médicis Étranger for best foreign novel in France for The Tortilla Curtain. His title's Sam Miguel and The Harder They Caome made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) |