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MODERN RANCH LIVING
Mark Poirier
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Description for MODERN RANCH LIVING
Paperback. Love, longing and the deadly power of inertia collide in this darkly funny novel. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
The weather is hotter than hell in Tucson, Arizona, and weird things are afoot in the crumbling desert community of Rancho Sin Vacas. Sixteen-year-old Kendra hones her muscles and grapples with bad grammar, occasionally worrying about her brother, Thomas, who spends all day watching wrestling on TV. Their neighbour Merv is stuck in a rut, still living at home at thirty and looking after his troubled mother. When the strung-out teenager from over the road, Kendra's sometime-boyfriend, goes missing it affects them all in different and surprising ways. And although Kendra is apparently unconcerned, claiming that he's just run away, ... Read more
The weather is hotter than hell in Tucson, Arizona, and weird things are afoot in the crumbling desert community of Rancho Sin Vacas. Sixteen-year-old Kendra hones her muscles and grapples with bad grammar, occasionally worrying about her brother, Thomas, who spends all day watching wrestling on TV. Their neighbour Merv is stuck in a rut, still living at home at thirty and looking after his troubled mother. When the strung-out teenager from over the road, Kendra's sometime-boyfriend, goes missing it affects them all in different and surprising ways. And although Kendra is apparently unconcerned, claiming that he's just run away, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747571759
SKU
V9780747571759
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99-50
About Mark Poirier
Mark Jude Poirier grew up in Tucson, Arizona. He is the author of two short story collections, Naked Pueblo and Unsung Heroes of American Industry, and the novel Goats. He teaches at Bennington College in Vermont.
Reviews for MODERN RANCH LIVING
'One of the most kinetic, original young fiction writers we've read in a long time' Esquire 'Poirier is a wonderful creator of situations ... His great creation here is Kendra ... Poirier makes you feel trapped in his characters' own predicaments. This is America as it really is ... Superb' Todd McEwen, Guardian 'In its charming, almost soapy ... Read more