American Boy

by Larry Watson

Book Overview

The author of the acclaimed Montana 1948 "spins charm and melancholy" in this novel of youth and romantic rivalry in 1960s rural Minnesota (Denver Post).

Willow Falls, Minnesota, 1962. The shooting of a young woman on Thanksgiving Day sets off a chain of unsettling events in the life of seventeen-year-old Matthew Garth. A close friend of the prosperous Dunbar family, Matthew is present in Dr. Dunbar's home office when the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571310789
• ISBN13: 9781571310781
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Milkweed Editions
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A good, quick read!

A good little coming of age story!