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The Motel Life by Willy Vlautin (2007, Paperback) 
The Motel Life by Willy Vlautin (2007, Paperback)

 
The Motel Life by Willy Vlautin (2007, Paperback)

Author: Willy Vlautin
Publisher: Harpercollins
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
Series: P.S.
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0061171115
ISBN-13: 9780061171116
Product ID: EPID57031424
Description: After Frank Flannigan's halfwit older brother, Jerry, kills a boy in a drunken hit-and-run, the two flee their Reno home and their tough-break upbringing in hopes of leaving trouble behind. However, they can only stay gone so long, and s...
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Synopsis
After Frank Flannigan's halfwit older brother, Jerry, kills a boy in a drunken hit-and-run, the two flee their Reno home and their tough-break upbringing in hopes of leaving trouble behind. However, they can only stay gone so long, and soon they're back, dogged by the inevitability of tragic justice. Country musician Willy Vlautin writes with a bare-bones take-no-prisoners prose that occasionally jolts into unexpected moments of lyricism and humanity.

Details
Publication Date:2007-05-01
Series:P.S.

Size
Length:206 pages
Height:8.0 in
Width:5.3 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:6.4 oz

Publisher's Note
The past and present lives of two brothers, Frank and Jerry Lee, on the run after a tragic hit-and-run accident, unfold in a novel that captures the world of two young men on the edge of modern society, a world of frustration, bleak economic circumstances, alcohol, and failed dreams. Original.

Industry Reviews
"Vlautin's coiled, poetically matter-of-fact prose calls to mind S.E. Hinton...[and] transmits a quiet sense of resilience and hopefulness."
(02/26/2007)

"Author [Willy] Vlautin, a member of the critically acclaimed alt-country band Richmond Fontaine, has crafted a beautifully artless first novel....If there's any justice...THE MOTEL LIFE will be widely read and admired."
(04/01/2007)

"Slighter than Carver, less puerile than Bukowski, [Willy] Vlautin nevertheless manages to lay claim to the same bleary-eyed territory and surprisingly...make it new."
(06/24/2007)

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