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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:This boy's life :a memoirby Tobias Wolff
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In this unforgettable memoir of boyhood in the 1950s, we meet the young Toby Wolff, by turns tough and vulnerable, crafty and bumbling, and ultimately winning. Separated by divorce from his father and brother, Toby and his mother are constantly on the move. Between themselves they develop an almost telepathic trust that sees them through their wanderings from Florida to a small town in Washington State. Fighting for identity and self-respect against the unrelenting hostility of a new stepfather, Toby's growing up is at once poignant and comical. His various schemes--running away to Alaska, forging cheeks, and stealing cars--lead eventually to an act of outrageous self-invention that releases him into a new world of possibility. Review:"Consistently entertaining--richer, darker, and funnier than anything else Tobias Wolff has written."(-- New York Times Book Review (front page)) Review:"So absolutely clear and hypnotic . . . that a reader wants to take it apart and find some simple way to describe why it works so beautifully . . . [It] teaches us something new about the alienated world of childhood."(-- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times) Review:"A work of genuine literary art . . . as grim and eerie as Great Expectations, as surreal and cruel as The Painted Bird, as comic and transcendent as Huckleberry Finn." (-- Philadelphia Inquirer) About the AuthorTobias Wolff is the author of two highly acclaimed collections of short stories and a short novel, The Barracks Thief which won the 1985 PEN/Faulkner Award. He lives with his family in upstate New York and teaches at Syracuse University. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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