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Willy Vlautin's characters blaze with honesty, fighting for their slim chance at the American dream."--Rene Denfeld, author of The Butterfly Girl and The Child FinderAward-winning author Willy Vlautin explores loneliness, art, regret, and hard-won empathy in this poignant novel--his most personal to date--that captures the life of a journeyman musician unable to escape the tragedies of his past.Al Ward lives on an isolated mining claim in the ...

New Lore of the American West:contains an eclectic mix of prose genres including fantasy, horror, literary realism, and fairy talesdemonstrates forms from flash fiction to noveletteshas an amazing foreword from the author of Forbidden City, Vanessa Hua, The project positions emerging voices alongside acclaimed contemporary writers, including Willy Vlautin, Isle McElroy, Ken Liu, Day Al-Mohamed, Dominique Dickey, Tessa Fontaine, and Benjamin Pe...

Willy Vlautin is not known for happy endings, but there's something here that defies the downward pull. In the end, Lynette is pure life force: fierce and canny and blazing through a city that no longer has space for her, and it's all Portland's loss.”—Portland Monthly MagazineAward-winning author Willy Vlautin explores the impact of trickle-down greed and opportunism of gentrification on ordinary lives in this scorching novel that captures th...

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Pacey and visceral.' Sunday Times'Imbued with the noirish urgency of a page-turning thriller.' Irish Times'A tear-struck revelation.' MEGAN ABBOTTBetween looking after her brother, working two low-paid jobs, and trying to take part-time college classes, Lynette is dangerously tired.

Award-winning author Willy Vlautin explores the impact of trickle-down greed and opportunism of gentrification on ordinary lives in this scorching novel that captures the plight of a young woman pushed to the edge as she fights to secure a stable future for herself and her family. Barely thirty, Lynette is exhausted. Saddled with bad credit and juggling multiple jobs, some illegally, she's been diligently working to buy the house she lives in...

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Ein herzzerreißender Roman über wahre Freundschaft und Loyalität. --- Eigentlich ist er zu alt und sein Rücken macht ihm zu schaffen, aber Mr Reese geht in seinem einfachen Leben in den Bergen von Nevada ganz auf. Deshalb will er seine Farm eigentlich Horace übergeben. Der ist wie ein Sohn für ihn und sein bester Mann auf der Ranch. Aber obwohl auch Horace die Tiere und die Arbeit mit ihnen eigentlich liebt - es drängt ihn in die Stadt. Der Hü...

The first Vlautin in four years is set for release just ahead of the film adaptation of IMPAC-shortlisted Vlautin book "Lean On Pete". Explores a mixed-race man's possibly deluded boxing dream, chased at the margins of contemporary America.

Horace Hopper has spent most of his life on a Nevada sheep ranch but dreams of something bigger. Mr. and Mrs. Reese, the aging ranchers, took him in and treated him like a son, intending to leave the ranch in his hands. However, Horace, ashamed of his half Paiute, half Irish heritage and that his parents did not want him, feels as if he doesn’t belong there, or anywhere. Realizing he needs to make a name for himself, he decides to leave the on...

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