Citrus County - Softcover

Brandon, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0349123772 ISBN 13: 9780349123776

Publisher: Abacus, 2012

Synopsis

When teenage Shelby Register moves to Citrus County, Florida, with her single father and little sister, she's expecting surfers instead of rednecks, but she decides to make the best of it.

Things become complicated when Toby, a neglected, loveless boy living with his abusive uncle, becomes her twisted love interest. Toby finds trouble far more elaborate than ordinary delinquency when he enacts a strange, cruel plot on the Register clan. Then Toby realizes that he can't reverse the effects of his 'prank', and his and Shelby's fates hurtle towards tragedy...

About this title

About the Author

John Brandon was raised on the Gulf Coast of Florida, and has worked at a lumber mill, a windshield warehouse, and a Coca-Cola distributor. Acclaim for his first novel, Arkansas, led to his appointment as John & Renee Grisham Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of Mississippi.

From the Back Cover

Discover the American cult classic of teenage life, love and heartbreaking drama...

The story of a boy, a girl and a devastating secret, Citrus County was published to rave reviews across the USA. It is a unique book: at once hilarious, subversive and devastating - and the work of an author tipped for stardom.

'Citrus County is important. It is a read unlike any other. It is my favourite book of the year'
Huffington Post

'A story that keeps you turning the pages even as you want to slow to savour them'
New York Times

'Brilliant. John Brandon is a young writer who can - and probably will - do anything'
San Francisco Chronicle

'Disney's High School Musical as remade by Quentin Tarantino'
Daily Mail

Edition details

• Publisher: Abacus
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0349123772
• ISBN 13: 9780349123776
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 335