Lean on Pete

"[Vlautin] unearths a world Steinbeck would have recognised...where the American underclass still resides. Lean On Pete is an archetypal American novel, Huck Finn for the crystal-meth generation." --Independent ExtraAuthor Willy Vlautin--"a major realist talent"(Seattle Post Intelligencer) who is of...

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Main Author: Vlautin, Willy
Format: Books Print Book
Published: Harper Perennial 20100413
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Summary:"[Vlautin] unearths a world Steinbeck would have recognised...where the American underclass still resides. Lean On Pete is an archetypal American novel, Huck Finn for the crystal-meth generation." --Independent ExtraAuthor Willy Vlautin--"a major realist talent"(Seattle Post Intelligencer) who is often compared to Raymond Carver, John Steinbeck, and Denis Johnson--returns with Lean on Pete, the story of a 15-year old boy struggling to make his way to a long lost aunt, who just might give him a home. In the words of author Mark Billingham, "Vlautin is a truly original voice.... [and] one of the best writers in America," and "Lean on Pete is powerful, heartbreaking stuff."
ISBN:9780061456534
0061456535