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Description for The Other
Paperback. A powerful story of the choices we must make in a flawed world, by the bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 182. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Seattle, 1972: Neil Countryman and John William Barry, two teenage boys from very different backgrounds, are at the start of an 800m race. Their lives collide for the first time, and so begins an extraordinary friendship. As they grow older Neil follows the conventional route of the American dream, but the eccentric, fiercely intelligent John William makes radically different choices, dropping out of college and moving deep into the woods. Convinced it is the only way to live without hypocrisy, John William enlists Neil to help him disappear completely, drawing his oldest friend into a web of secrets and agonising ... Read more
Seattle, 1972: Neil Countryman and John William Barry, two teenage boys from very different backgrounds, are at the start of an 800m race. Their lives collide for the first time, and so begins an extraordinary friendship. As they grow older Neil follows the conventional route of the American dream, but the eccentric, fiercely intelligent John William makes radically different choices, dropping out of college and moving deep into the woods. Convinced it is the only way to live without hypocrisy, John William enlists Neil to help him disappear completely, drawing his oldest friend into a web of secrets and agonising ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747596202
SKU
KAK0003544
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About David Guterson
David Guterson is the author of the novels Snow Falling on Cedars, East of the Mountains and Our Lady of the Forest; a collection of short stories, The Country Ahead Of Us, The Country Behind, and of the non-fiction book Family Matters: Why Home Schooling Makes Sense. Snow Falling on Cedars won the PEN/ Faulkner Award. David Guterson lives ... Read more
Reviews for The Other
'Remarkable a highly significant contribution to American literature' Giles Foden, author of The Last King of Scotland 'Guterson's books keep getting better A moving portrait of male friendship' New York Times 'A fine novel [of] gentle, intelligent sadness' Independent 'A powerfully wrought mixture of a coming-of-age novel, a meditation on the environment, a ... Read more