Important Things That Don't Matter - Hardcover
A heartrending view of a boy's childhood from his own perspective describes his parent's divorce, relations with his parents, and how it will continually affect his outlook on love, friendship and compassion for others as he progresses through life. A first novel.
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Review:
."..so refreshingly un-Generation X..." -- Los Angeles Times
"Nothing short of phenomenal!" -- Nick Fowler, author of A Thing (Or Two) About Curtis and Camilla
"Absorbing...a daring narrative that resonates with the heartbreaking emotion that lurks between Amsden's sharply written lines."--BookPage
"This book is a complete winner. Smart, charming, fresh, compelling--Amsden is a writer with enormous talent."--Bill Buford, author of Among the Thugs
"There are moments of literary brilliance in this story that will dazzle the reader."--John Searles, author of Boy Still Missing
"The narrator's voice is a likable mixture of bewilderment and tentative black humor...well cast and darkly ironic."--Publishers Weekly
"David Amsden is an invigorating, original, and sickeningly talented writer."--Augusten Burroughs, author of Running With Scissors
"The novel's so real and personal it's like being in this Gen Y kid's skin for 15 formative years."--Entertainment Weekly
"Conversational and tough, the novel's observant narrator is bound to captivate readers."--Booklist
"Nothing short of phenomenal!"--Nick Fowler, author of A Thing (Or Two) About Curtis and Camilla
About the Author:
"Nothing short of phenomenal!" -- Nick Fowler, author of A Thing (Or Two) About Curtis and Camilla
"Absorbing...a daring narrative that resonates with the heartbreaking emotion that lurks between Amsden's sharply written lines."--BookPage
"This book is a complete winner. Smart, charming, fresh, compelling--Amsden is a writer with enormous talent."--Bill Buford, author of Among the Thugs
"There are moments of literary brilliance in this story that will dazzle the reader."--John Searles, author of Boy Still Missing
"The narrator's voice is a likable mixture of bewilderment and tentative black humor...well cast and darkly ironic."--Publishers Weekly
"David Amsden is an invigorating, original, and sickeningly talented writer."--Augusten Burroughs, author of Running With Scissors
"The novel's so real and personal it's like being in this Gen Y kid's skin for 15 formative years."--Entertainment Weekly
"Conversational and tough, the novel's observant narrator is bound to captivate readers."--Booklist
"Nothing short of phenomenal!"--Nick Fowler, author of A Thing (Or Two) About Curtis and Camilla
While a student in New York, David Amsden worked at the New Yorker and New York magazine, where he is now a contributing writer. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he is at work on another novel.
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- PublisherWilliam Morrow & Co
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0060513888
- ISBN 13 9780060513887
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
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