The Spectacular Now
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The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp
So, my girlfriend, Cassidy, is threatening to kick me to the curb again, my best friend suddenly wants to put the brakes on our lives of fabulous fun, my mom and big sister are plotting a future in which I turn into an atomic vampire, and my dad, well, my dad is a big fat question mark that I m not sure I want the answer to. Some people would let a senior year like this get them down. Not me. I m Sutter Keely, master of the party. But don t mistake a midnight philosopher like me for nothing more than a shallow party boy. Just ask Aimee, the new girl in my life. She saw the depth in the Sutterman from that first moment when she found me passed out on the front lawn. Okay, so she s a social disaster, but that s where I come in. Yes, life is weird, but I embrace the weird. Let everyone else go marching off into their great shining futures if they want. Me, I ve always been more than content to tip my whisky bottle and take a ride straight into the heart of the spectacular now. A smart, superbly written novel. - Publishers Weekly, Starred
Tharp, Tim: - Tim Tharp lives in Oklahoma, where he writes novels and teaches in the Humanities Department at Rose State College. In addition to earning a master's degree in creative writing from Brown University, he has also spent time as a factory hand, construction laborer, psychiatric aide, record store clerk, and long-distance hitchhiker. Tharp is the author of three other highly acclaimed novels for young adults: Knights of the Hill Country, Badd, and Mojo.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780375851797 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375851798 |
| Title | The Spectacular Now |
| Author | Tim Tharp |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2008-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 294 |
| Prizes | Commended for National Book Awards (Young People's Lit.) 2008 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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