Ohio (Anglais) - Couverture souple

Markley, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1501174487 ISBN 13 : 9781501174483

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2019

Synopsis

“Extraordinary...beautifully precise...[an] earnestly ambitious debut.” —The New York Times Book Review

“A wild, angry, and devastating masterpiece of a book.” —NPR

“[A] descendent of the Dickensian ‘social novel’ by way of Jonathan Franzen: epic fiction that lays bare contemporary culture clashes, showing us who we are and how we got here.” —O, The Oprah Magazine

“A book that has stayed with me ever since I put it down.” —Seth Meyers, host of Late Night with Seth Meyers

One sweltering night in 2013, four former high school classmates converge on their hometown in northeastern Ohio.

There’s Bill Ashcraft, a passionate, drug-abusing young activist whose flailing ambitions have taken him from Cambodia to Zuccotti Park to post-BP New Orleans, and now back home with a mysterious package strapped to the undercarriage of his truck; Stacey Moore, a doctoral candidate reluctantly confronting her family and the mother of her best friend and first love, whose disappearance spurs the mystery at the heart of the novel; Dan Eaton, a shy veteran of three tours in Iraq, home for a dinner date with the high school sweetheart he’s tried desperately to forget; and the beautiful, fragile Tina Ross, whose rendezvous with the washed-up captain of the football team triggers the novel’s shocking climax.

Set over the course of a single evening, Ohio toggles between the perspectives of these unforgettable characters as they unearth dark secrets, revisit old regrets and uncover—and compound—bitter betrayals. Before the evening is through, these narratives converge masterfully to reveal a mystery so dark and shocking it will take your breath away.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stephen Markley is the acclaimed author of Ohio, which NPR called a “masterpiece,” and The Deluge, which Stephen King dubbed "a modern classic". A graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, Markley’s other books include the memoir Publish This Book and the travelogue Tales of Iceland.

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“Extraordinary...beautifully precise...[an] earnestly ambitious debut.” ―The New York Times Book Review

“A wild, angry, and devastating masterpiece of a book.” ―NPR

“[A] descendent of the Dickensian ‘social novel’ by way of Jonathan Franzen: epic fiction that lays bare contemporary culture clashes, showing us who we are and how we got here.” ―Oprah Daily

“A book that has stayed with me ever since I put it down.” ―Seth Meyers, host of Late Night with Seth Meyers

One sweltering night in 2013, four former high school classmates converge on their hometown in northeastern Ohio.

There’s Bill Ashcraft, a passionate, drug-abusing young activist whose flailing ambitions have taken him from Cambodia to Zuccotti Park to post-BP New Orleans, and now back home with a mysterious package strapped to the undercarriage of his truck; Stacey Moore, a doctoral candidate reluctantly confronting her family and the mother of her best friend and first love, whose disappearance spurs the mystery at the heart of the novel; Dan Eaton, a shy veteran of three tours in Iraq, home for a dinner date with the high school sweetheart he’s tried desperately to forget; and the beautiful, fragile Tina Ross, whose rendezvous with the washed-up captain of the football team triggers the novel’s shocking climax.

Set over the course of a single evening, Ohio toggles between the perspectives of these unforgettable characters as they unearth dark secrets, revisit old regrets and uncover―and compound―bitter betrayals. Before the evening is through, these narratives converge masterfully to reveal a mystery so dark and shocking it will take your breath away.

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1. Bill Ashcraft and the Great American Thing BILL ASHCRAFT AND THE GREAT AMERICAN THING

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1501174487
• ISBN 13: 9781501174483
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Simon & Schuster Legal; https://www.simonandschuster.com/; ; 1230 Avenue of the Americas; Privacy Request; New York; New York; NY 10020; Etats-Unis
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