For ten-year-old Miller, who lives with his mother in Watertown, New York, life has become a struggle to make sense of his father's disappearance, for which he blames himself. Then, when he becomes convinced that he has found his father lying comatose in the local VA hospital, a victim of the war in Iraq, Miller begins a search for the one person he believes can save him, the famously reclusive - and, unfortunately, dead - Frederick Exley, a Watertown native and the author of his father's favourite book, the 'fictional memoir' A Fan's Notes. The story of Miller's search, told by both Miller himself and his somewhat flaky therapist, ultimately becomes an exploration of the difference between what we believe to be real and what is in fact real, and how challenging it can be to reconcile the two. Part literary satire, part mystery, Exley unleashes the enormous talent of a writer whom critics have compared to Richard Ford and John Irving and whose work has been called 'absurdly hilarious' and 'wildly entertaining'.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Text Publishing
ISBN-13
9781921656989
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99873864
Product Key Features
Book Title
Exley
Author
Clarke Brock
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
2010
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
230mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
420g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Clarke Brock
Country/Region of Manufacture
Australia
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