American Skin Paperback - 2000 - 1st Edition
by Don De Grazia
A timeless story about a young man's need to find comfort and a sense of belonging, as well as a stunning portrait of the class and racial tensions that pervade our society, "American Skin" "is the American story American literature is not complete without. . . . Full of images and humor and action and questions" (Carolyn Chute, author of "The Beans of Egypt, Maine."
From the rear cover
American Skin was first published in the United Kingdom to resounding acclaim after the author used his last seventy-five dollars to make an unsolicited submission to the publisher of the Scottish beats, whose work he admired. It is a timeless story about a young man's coming-of-age as well as a stunning portrait of the class and racial tensions that pervade our society.
Alex Verdi is on the lam, fleeing from the police who have arrested his parents on drug charges and want him for questioning. Traveling to Chicago, he joins a multiracial group of anti-Nazi skinheads and embarks on an odyssey that takes him from the city's embattled streets to an Army boot camp to Northwestern's plush campus, and finally lands him amid the horrors of maximum-security prison.
In this intense and gripping debut, Don De Grazia confirms his stature as a young writer of uncommon seriousness and consummate artistry.
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- Title American Skin
- Author Don De Grazia
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Touchstone Books, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2000-04-01
- ISBN 9780684862224 / 0684862220
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.2 x 0.8 in (20.32 x 13.21 x 2.03 cm)
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Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99048500
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 03/15/2000, Page 1330
- Entertainment Weekly, 04/28/2000, Page 102
- Kirkus Reviews, 02/01/2000, Page 134
- New York Times, 04/23/2000, Page 18
- Publishers Weekly, 02/14/2000, Page 172
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