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American Skin: A Novel Soft cover - 2000 - 1st Edition
by De Grazia, Don
- Used
- as new
- Paperback
- first
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."
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Details
- Title American Skin: A Novel
- Author De Grazia, Don
- Binding Soft cover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1st Edition
- Condition New
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Touchstone, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2000
- Bookseller's Inventory # ABE-1578591815861
- 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
From the rear cover
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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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