Ohio a novel

"The debut of a major talent; a lyrical and emotional novel set in an archetypal small town in northeastern Ohio--a region ravaged by the Great Recession, an opioid crisis, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan--depicting one feverish, fateful summer night in 2013 when four former classmates converge...

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Main Author: Markley, Stephen (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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