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Downtown Owl : A Novel by Chuck Klosterman (2009, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherScribner

ISBN-101416544194

ISBN-139781416544197

eBay Product ID (ePID)71175224

Product Key Features

Book TitleDowntown Owl : a Novel

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Literary, Humorous / General

Publication Year2009

GenreFiction

AuthorChuck Klosterman

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight9.9 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"An astonishingly moving book, a minor masterpiece in the genre we might call small-town quirkiana." --The Boston Globe, "It's tempting to compare this novel with Sherwood Anderson's classic portrait of small-town American life, Winesburg, Ohio . But no one in Winesburg listened to Ozzy Osbourne. And Klosterman is much funnier than Anderson."-- The Washington Post, "It's tempting to compare this novel with Sherwood Anderson's classic portrait of small-town American life, Winesburg, Ohio . But no one in Winesburg listened to Ozzy Osbourne. And Klosterman is much funnier than Anderson." -- The Washington Post, "An astonishingly moving book, a minor masterpiece in the genre we might call small-town quirkiana." -- The Boston Globe, "It's tempting to compare this novel with Sherwood Anderson's classic portrait of small-town American life,Winesburg, Ohio. But no one in Winesburg listened to Ozzy Osbourne. And Klosterman is much funnier than Anderson." --The Washington Post, "An astonishingly moving book, a minor masterpiece in the genre we might call small-town quirkiana."-- The Boston Globe

Dewey Decimal813.6

SynopsisNew York Times bestselling author and "oneofAmerica'stop cultural critics" (Entertainment Weekly) Chuck Klosterman's debut novel brilliantly captures the charm and dread of small town life--now available in trade paperback. Somewhere in rural North Dakota, there is a fictional town called Owl. They don't have cable. They don't really have pop culture, but they do have grain prices and alcoholism. People work hard and then they die. But that's not nearly as awful as it sounds; in fact, sometimes it's perfect. Mitch Hrlicka lives in Owl. He plays high school football and worries about his weirdness, or lack thereof. Julia Rabia just moved to Owl. A history teacher, she gets free booze and falls in love with a self-loathing bison farmer. Widower and local conversationalist Horace Jones has resided in Owl for seventy-three years. They all know each other completely, except that they've never met. But when a deadly blizzard-- based on an actual storm that occurred in 1984--hits the area, their lives are derailed in unex- pected and powerful ways. An unpretentious, darkly comedic story of how it feels to exist in a community where local mythology and violent reality are pretty much the same thing, Downtown Owl is "a satisfying character study and strikes a perfect balance between the funny and the pro- found" (Publishers Weekly)., Now a major film! New York Times bestselling author and "one of America's top cultural critics" ( Entertainment Weekly ) Chuck Klosterman's debut novel brilliantly captures the charm and dread of small-town life. Somewhere in rural North Dakota, there is a fictional town called Owl. They don't have cable. They don't really have pop culture, but they do have grain prices and alcoholism. People work hard and then they die. But that's not nearly as awful as it sounds; in fact, sometimes it's perfect. Mitch Hrlicka lives in Owl. He plays high school football and worries about his weirdness, or lack thereof. Julia Rabia just moved to Owl. A history teacher, she gets free booze and falls in love with a self-loathing bison farmer. Widower and local conversationalist Horace Jones has resided in Owl for seventy-three years. They all know each other completely, except that they've never met. But when a deadly blizzard--based on an actual storm that occurred in 1984--hits the area, their lives are derailed in unexpected and powerful ways. An unpretentious, darkly comedic story of how it feels to exist in a community where local mythology and violent reality are pretty much the same thing, Downtown Owl is "a satisfying character study and strikes a perfect balance between the funny and the profound" ( Publishers Weekly )., New York Times bestselling author Chuck Klosterman's debut novel is now available in trade paperback.

LC Classification NumberPS3611.L67D69 2009