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We´re All In This Together
Owen King
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Description for We´re All In This Together
Paperback. A novella about an eccentric North-Eastern American family whose personal strife mirrors the political turmoil of the year 2000. This edition includes five additional short stories. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 195.
In his wry novella, Owen King conjures an eccentric North-Eastern American family whose personal strife mirrors the political turmoil of our time. George is the teenaged son of a single mother, and the only grandson of a family of union organisers in Maine. George's grandfather Henry, obsessed with the outcome of the 2000 election, has planted a giant billboard of homage to Al Gore in his front yard that he suspects has been defaced by the paperboy, now a sworn enemy. Meanwhile, George's mother is about to marry Dr Vic, who besides being possess by an almost royal obliviousness, may ... Read more
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Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571227259
SKU
V9780571227259
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About Owen King
Owen King was born in Bangor, Maine, which in the nineteenth century was arguably the lumber capital of the world, but which today is better known as the home of the easternmost major airport in the United States, the place where trans-Atlantic flights most often make emergency landings to kick off drunken and/or unruly passengers. Bangor is also cold most ... Read more
Reviews for We´re All In This Together
"'Stupendous.' Independent"