The Wishbones - Softcover

Perrotta, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425169715 ISBN 13: 9780425169711

Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, 1999

Synopsis

A thirty-one-year-old rock'n'roll guitarist decides to get married, only to begin an affair with Gretchen, a New York poet, and finds himself torn between letting his dreams die and having a steady gig. A first novel. Reprint.

About this title

Review:

‘Perrotta’s novels are sheer pleasure.’ San Francisco Chronicle

‘An elegant, poignant tale of self-discovery.’ Time Out New York

‘Unalloyed reading pleasure...most readers will probably end up standing at the footlights, hooting for an encore.’ New York TImes Book Review

‘What makes this late coming-of-age novel original and fresh is the arch, incisive humor and pop-music riffs that Perrotta adds to an old story...Even the antagonisms are gentle and funny.’ Publishers Weekly

‘Just like a good rock 'n' roll song, Perrotta's novel is straight-ahead, unpretentious entertainment...Like Nick Hornsby's “High Fidelity”, “The Wishbones” is a smart, very funny look at one man's ambivalence toward adulthood and commitment.’ Booklist

About the Author:

Tom Perrotta is the author of several works of fiction, including ‘Little Children’, ‘Joe College’ and ‘Election’. He lives outside Boston, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0425169715
• ISBN 13: 9780425169711
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 288