Wire To Wire: A Novel

Sparling, Scott

ISBN 10: 1935639056 / ISBN 13: 9781935639053

Published by Tin House Books, 2011

About this Item

First Printing. Authors first novel. Publishers Weekly Starred Review and Pick of the Week.

Seller Inventory # 017339

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wire To Wire: A Novel
• Publisher: Tin House Books
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1935639056
• ISBN 13: 9781935639053
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Wire to Wire assembles a cast of train-hopping, drug-dealing, glue-huffing lowlifes, in a stunning homage to one of our most popular enduring genres--the American crime novel. While riding a freight car through Detroit, Michael Slater suffers a near-fatal accident--a power line to the head. After a questionable recovery and a broken relationship, he abandons his new home in the Arizona desert, though not before leaving a man for dead. Slater returns to Michigan in a busted-up Ford to reunite with an old train-hopping pal, but quickly discovers that the Pleasant Peninsula of his youth is none too pleasant. As Slater's past catches up with his present--a love triangle, a local drug dealer, the damaged residents of a destitute Northern Michigan town--rock bottom keeps slipping farther away. Three years later, Slater sits in a dark video-editing suite, popping speed like penny candy, attempting to reconcile himself with the unfilmed memories that haunt his screens and his conscience.

About the Author

Scott Sparling grew up near railroad tracks in Michigan. He now lives outside Portland, Oregon, with his wife and son. Wire to Wire is his first novel.