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OverviewEarly one morning in New York City, Will Heller, a sixteen-year-old paranoid schizophrenic, gets on an uptown B train alone. Will is on a mission to save the world from global warming--to do it, though, he'll need to cool down his own body first. And for that he'll need one willing girl. Lowboy tells the story of Will's odyssey through the city's tunnels, back alleys, and streets in search of Emily Wallace, his one great hope. It also follows his mother, Violet Heller, as she tries desperately to find her son before psychosis claims him completely. Violet is joined by Ali Lateef, a missing-persons specialist, who learns over the course of the day that more is at stake than the recovery of a runaway teen: Will Heller has a chilling case history, and Violet--beautiful, enigmatic, and as tormented as her son--harbors a secret that Lateef will discover at his own peril. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John WrayPublisher: Picador USA Imprint: Picador USA Dimensions: Width: 14.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 20.80cm Weight: 0.236kg ISBN: 9780312429331ISBN 10: 0312429339 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 02 February 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews“ Lowboy is exceptionally tender and acute . . . John Wray is a daring young writer.”—James Wood, The New Yorker <br> “Replete with mysteries . . . a poetic, stirringly strange novel.” —Akiva Gottlieb, Los Angeles Times<br> “Has the makings of an American classic. . . We can sympathize with Heller, and even love him, because he is all of us.” —Andrew Ervin, The Miami Herald<br> “A fast-paced thriller . . . a masterpiece of aural description.” —Laurence Lowe, GQ <br> “A meticulously constructed novel, immensely satisfying in the perfect, precise beat of its plot . . . I’d be proud to be seen reading this novel on the downtown 6, or anywhere else at all.” —Charles Bock, The New York Times Book Review<br> “The novel has a thriller-like pace, and Wray keeps us riveted and guessing, finding chilling rhetorical and pictorial equivalents for Will’s uniquely dysfunctional perspect Author InformationJohn Wray is the author of two critically acclaimed novels, The Right Hand of Sleep and Canaan's Tongue. He was named one of Granta magazine's Best of Young American Novelists in 2007. The recipient of a Whiting Award, he lives in Brooklyn, New York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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