American Rust by Philipp Meyer

American Rust by Philipp Meyer

SON TO BE A SHOWTIME ORIGINAL TV SERIES - A bold, absorbing novel (The New York Times Book Review) of the lost American dream, the acts of friendship, loyalty, and love that arise from its loss, and two young men, bound to their hometown, who crave an escape.

Powerful . . . gripping . . . in the tradition that stretches from Ernest Hemingway to Cormac McCarthy.--The Washington Post

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review - The Washington Post - Economist -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Newsweek - Kansas City Star - Idaho Statesman

Left alone to care for his aging father after his mother dies by suicide and his sister escapes to Yale, Isaac English longs for a life beyond his hometown, a beautiful but economically devastated Pennsylvania steel town. But when he finally sets out to leave for good, accompanied by his temperamental best friend, former high school football star Billy Poe, they are caught up in a terrible act of violence that changes their lives forever.

Evoking John Steinbeck's novels of restless lives during the Great Depression, American Rust takes us into the contemporary American heartland at a moment of profound unrest and uncertainty about the future. It is a dark but lucid vision, a moving novel about the bleak realities that battle our desire for transcendence and the power of love and friendship to redeem us.

Philipp Meyer grew up in Baltimore, dropped out of high school, and got his GED when he was sixteen. After spending several years volunteering at a trauma center in downtown Baltimore, he attended Cornell University, where he studied English. Since graduating, Meyer has worked as a derivatives trader at UBS, a construction worker, and an EMT, among other jobs. His writing has been published in McSweeney's, The Iowa Review, Salon.com, and New Stories from the South. From 2005 to 2008 Meyer was a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas. He splits his time between Texas and upstate New York.

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ISBN 13	9780385527521
ISBN 10	0385527527
Title	American Rust
Author	Philipp Meyer
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2010-01-12
Number of pages	400
Prizes	Winner of Art Seidenbaum Award 2010, Winner of Economist Book of the Year 2009, Winner of Idaho Statesman's Best Books 2009, Winner of Kansas City Star Top 100 Book 2009, Winner of New York Times Notable Book of the Year 2009, Winner of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Best Books 2009, Short-listed for New York Public Library's Young Lion Fiction Award 2010
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