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Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home; food on the table; a high school he can attend for more than part of a year; and some structure to his life. But as the son of a single father working at warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, he's been pretty much on his own for some time.
Lean on Pete opens as he and his father arrive in Portland, Oregon and Charley takes a stables job, illegally, at the local race track. Once part of a vibrant racing network, Portland Meadows is now seemingly the last haven for washed up jockeys and knackered horses, but it's there that Charley meets Pete, an old horse who becomes his companion as he's forced to try to make his own way in the world.
A portrait of a journey - populated by a vivid cast of characters against a harsh landscape - Lean on Pete is also the unforgettable story of a friendship and of hope in dark times.
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'Comparisons with Steinbeck and Carver are richly deserved, yet Vlautin's is a truly original voice. LEAN ON PETE is powerful, heartbreaking stuff. Just three novels in and he is already one of the best writers in America.' --Mark Billingham
'He is a master at paring loneliness and longing from his characters ... and always sustaining them, and the reader, with hope.' --Sarah Hall
'A superb evocation of adolescence, loss and, ultimately hope, LEAN ON PETE confirms Willy Vlautin as one of the finest American writers of his generation.'
--John Connolly
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'He is a master at paring loneliness and longing from his characters ... and always sustaining them, and the reader, with hope.' --Sarah Hall
'A superb evocation of adolescence, loss and, ultimately hope, LEAN ON PETE confirms Willy Vlautin as one of the finest American writers of his generation.'
--John Connolly
From the acclaimed author of The Motel Life and Northline comes another hugely moving slice of Americana.
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- PublisherBerliner Taschenbuch Verl
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 3833350512
- ISBN 13 9783833350511
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