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Metcalfe, Stephen
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Fiction
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St. Martins Press
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en-US
โ 521 KB
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The Tragic Age
โ Scribed by Metcalfe, Stephen
- Book ID
- 108644004
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 522 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781466857353
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
This is the story of Billy Kinsey, heir to a lottery fortune, part genius, part philosopher and social critic, full time insomniac and closeted rock drummer. Billy has decided that the best way to deal with an absurd world is to stay away from it. Do not volunteer. Do not join in. Billy will be the first to tell you it doesn't always work-- not when your twin sister, Dorie, has died, not when your unhappy parents are at war with one another, not when frazzled soccer moms in two ton SUVs are more dangerous than atom bombs, and not when your guidance counselor keeps asking why you haven't applied to college.
Billy's life changes when two people enter his life. Twom Twomey is a charismatic renegade who believes that truly living means going a little outlaw. Twom and Billy become one another's mutual benefactor and friend. At the same time, Billy is reintroduced to Gretchen Quinn, an old and adored friend of Dorie's. It is Gretchen who suggests to...
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