02810cam a2200361 4500 537005243 TxAuBib 20211118120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781571318466 1571318461 B005EFWT5K Amazon 57becd46-2317-492d-a386-908e3a7e97d3 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 627906 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Watson, Larry. American Boy [Libby eBook] : A Novel. Milkweed Editions, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 294kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Literary. HTML:<b>The author of the acclaimed <i>Montana 1948</i> "spins charm and melancholy" in this novel of youth and romantic rivalry in 1960s rural Minnesota (<i>Denver Post</i>).</b><br /> <br /> <i>Willow Falls, Minnesota, 1962</i>. 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 victim is brought in. The sight of Louisa Lindahl—beautiful and mortally wounded—makes an indelible impression on the young man.<br /> <br /> Fueled by his feverish desire for this mysterious woman and a deep longing for the comfort and affluence that appears to surround the Dunbars, Matthew finds himself drawn into a vortex of greed, manipulation, and ultimately betrayal. Larry Watson's tale heart-breaking tale "resonates with language as clear and images as crisp as the spare, flat prairie of its Minnesota setting" (Kirkus).<br /> <br /> <b>An <i>Esquire</i> Best Book of 2011</b>. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-16 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1486-1/57B/ECD/46/AmericanBoy9781571318466.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=57BECD46-2317-492D-A386-908E3A7E97D3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1486-1/57B/ECD/46/AmericanBoy9781571318466.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=57BECD46-2317-492D-A386-908E3A7E97D3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1486-1/57B/ECD/46/AmericanBoy9781571318466.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=57BECD46-2317-492D-A386-908E3A7E97D3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)