The Whistling Song: A Novel

The Whistling Song: A Novel

by Stephen Beachy
The Whistling Song: A Novel

The Whistling Song: A Novel

by Stephen Beachy

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Overview

“Writing like a possessed angel, first-novelist Beachy dreams up the adventures of a male Alice who encounters a 1980s America every bit as darkly bizarre and hilarious as Lewis Carroll’s Victorian wonderland…. A hypnotic, unshakable, painfully funny vision of America by a word-drunk writer.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred)

In this electric on-the-road novel, orphan-hero Matt hitchhikes across the surreal landscape of America in the ‘80s. Searching for the lost bliss of childhood he falls in with—and longs for—the dangerously beautiful but amoral Jimmy, a fellow orphan. As they crisscross the country, encountering homeless rock stars, suicidal teenagers, Jesus freaks, and other souls on the edge, Matt moves toward adulthood and his own sexual identity. Stephen Beachy, awarded a James Michener Grant from the Iowa Writers Workshop, now lives in San Francisco and is at work on another novel.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780393309492
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date: 11/17/1992
Series: Norton Paperback Fiction Series
Edition description: REPRINT
Pages: 416
Sales rank: 1,102,387
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.30(d)

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Jim Carroll

"The 'Whistling Song' has that energy and abandon of great first novels. Its wild force reminded me of the first time I saw John Malkovich on stage in 'True West'."

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