Ohio Contributor(s): Markley, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1501174487 ISBN-13: 9781501174483 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Small Town & Rural |
Dewey: 813.6 |
LCCN: 2020286007 |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.90 lbs) 512 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Demographic Orientation - Small Town |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "Extraordinary...beautifully precise... an] earnestly ambitious debut." --The New York Times Book Review "A wild, angry, and devastating masterpiece of a book." --NPR " A] descendent of the Dickensian 'social novel' by way of Jonathan Franzen: epic fiction that lays bare contemporary culture clashes, showing us who we are and how we got here." --O, The Oprah Magazine "A book that has stayed with me ever since I put it down." --Seth Meyers, host of Late Night with Seth Meyers One sweltering night in 2013, four former high school classmates converge on their hometown in northeastern Ohio. There's Bill Ashcraft, a passionate, drug-abusing young activist whose flailing ambitions have taken him from Cambodia to Zuccotti Park to post-BP New Orleans, and now back home with a mysterious package strapped to the undercarriage of his truck; Stacey Moore, a doctoral candidate reluctantly confronting her family and the mother of her best friend and first love, whose disappearance spurs the mystery at the heart of the novel; Dan Eaton, a shy veteran of three tours in Iraq, home for a dinner date with the high school sweetheart he's tried desperately to forget; and the beautiful, fragile Tina Ross, whose rendezvous with the washed-up captain of the football team triggers the novel's shocking climax. Set over the course of a single evening, Ohio toggles between the perspectives of these unforgettable characters as they unearth dark secrets, revisit old regrets and uncover--and compound--bitter betrayals. Before the evening is through, these narratives converge masterfully to reveal a mystery so dark and shocking it will take your breath away. |
Contributor Bio(s): Markley, Stephen: - Stephen Markley is an author, screenwriter, and journalist. A graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop, Markley's previous books include the novel Ohio, the memoir Publish This Book The Unbelievable True Story of How I Wrote, Sold, and Published This Very Book, and the travelogue Tales of Iceland. He lives in Los Angeles. |