American Youth : A Novel

English

ISBN: 0812977408

EAN: 9780812977400

Category: Fiction / Psychological

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Release Date: 07/02/2009

Synopsis: American Youthis a controlled, essential, and powerful tale of a teenager in southern New England who is confronted by a terrible moral dilemma following a firearms accident in his home. This tragedy earns him the admiration of a sinister gang of boys at his school and a girl associated with them. Set in a town riven by social and ideological tensionsan old rural culture in conflict with newcomersthis is a classic portrait of a young man struggling with the idea of identity and responsibility in an America ill at ease with itself. From the Hardcover edition.

Awards: Quill Awards – null 

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American Youth : A Novel

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.55 inches

Width: 5.2 inches

Length: 7.95 inches

Weight: 6.42 oz

Pages: 256