ISBN: 9780007221905

A lyrical coming-of-age story from a brilliant new voice in American fiction. Thomas, a seventeen year old with the face of an angel, is living with his parents in a house that has begun … More...

A lyrical coming-of-age story from a brilliant new voice in American fiction. Thomas, a seventeen year old with the face of an angel, is living with his parents in a house that has begun to feel crowded; Alice, his high-school teacher and first love, is getting calls from her violent ex-husband; and Shiloh, a survivor of a life lived on the fringes, has seen his shack swept away by the mighty Ohio. They run away together - in pursuit of an ideal that none of them are quite able to define - finding shelter in an abandoned farmhouse in the hills of Vermont. But as the light off the lake turns grey and the leaves go brittle, outside forces gather. The sharp knives of dependency and deprivation begin to flash, and as the inevitable tragedy of intimacy unfolds, Thomas begins to see this time - when he was with 'the best people in the world' - come to an end. A journey, a coming of age, a novel of our need to hold onto meaning in whatever form it may take, The Best People in the World is a masterful illumination of a moment when everything was perfect and the realization that nothing gold can stay.; Contemporary Fiction, Fourth Estate<

ISBN: 9780007221905

In Paducah, Kentucky, seventeen-year-old Thomas feels as reined in as the mighty Ohio, a river confined by high floodwalls protecting his small Southern hometown. But all boundaries vanis… More...

In Paducah, Kentucky, seventeen-year-old Thomas feels as reined in as the mighty Ohio, a river confined by high floodwalls protecting his small Southern hometown. But all boundaries vanish when Thomas experiences first love with Alice, his new history teacher, a woman eight years his senior--and when he meets Shiloh, a misfit vagabond and anarchist who becomes his new role model. Fleeing to rural Vermont, this unlikely trio boldly pursues freedom, intimacy, and seclusion, unfettered by commitments and rules. But a life apart from the world does not ensure a life apart from the past--and for one of them, the past that emerges will threaten tragedy. The Best People in the World Tussing, Justin, Fourth Estate<

ISBN: 9780007221905

"What might have been the stuff of boyish fantasies--an affair with a teacher, running away from home, living off the land--goes frighteningly awry in this unsettling but bleakly beautifu… More...

"What might have been the stuff of boyish fantasies--an affair with a teacher, running away from home, living off the land--goes frighteningly awry in this unsettling but bleakly beautiful debut novel."--"Publishers Weekly." Media > Book, [PU: William Collins; HarperCollins]<

2006, ISBN: 0007221908

[EAN: 9780007221905], [SC: 0.0], [PU: Fourth Estate], Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes t… More...

[EAN: 9780007221905], [SC: 0.0], [PU: Fourth Estate], Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.<

2006, ISBN: 0007221908

[EAN: 9780007221905], [PU: Fourth Estate], Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average … More...

[EAN: 9780007221905], [PU: Fourth Estate], Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.<