Summary
A rip-roaring American picaresque full of crime, comedy, and sexual tension from the bestselling author of Happiness.
Nineteen-year-old Jack McGreary is adrift in the faded boomtown of Paradise Flats. Raised by his eccentric and increasingly erratic father, Jack has learned to live by his wits. When a pair of fast-talking swindlers named Virgil and Miss Rose blow through town, Jack falls in with them, and together they go on a crime spree across the American Southwest, stagin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099516439 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099516438 |
| Author: | Will Ferguson |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2009 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 25mm |
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Brilliantly entertaining
Brilliantly entertaining * The Times *
A terrifically enjoyable second novel…lyrical and hilarious, bleak and funny, with a love of history balanced against a rippingly clever plot * Daily Telegraph *
Beautifully and vividly described… the depiction of the era and the place seem spot on… This is a terrific novel - complex but fun, philosophical but sharp, perceptive but ambiguous…you’re happy just to be along for the thrilling ride * Sunday Herald *
Ferguson’s comic picaresque is a delight * Financial Times *
Ferguson fills his pages with fascinating historical detail and lovingly described cons. His lengthy descriptions of scams are enthralling, funny and perhaps even educational * Guardian *
About The Author
Will Ferguson
Will Ferguson is a graduate of Toronto’s York Film School. He spent five years in Japan and has lived in Ecuador, South America and every region of Canada. His debut novel, Happiness™ was sold into twenty-six languages around the world and short-listed for a Commonwealth Writers’ Award. He is also author of the critically acclaimed travel memoir, Hokkaido Highway Blues.
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