New York, New York: Viking, 2011. Paperback. Good. Uncorrected Proof Coming-of-age novel set in the 60s where extraordinary encounters shape the disillusioned teen protagonists daily experience, imaginary or otherwise. More of a reading copy. Packed and shipped with care.

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A sparkling debut novel set in the sixties about a boy's emotional and fantastical journey through alien worlds and family pain. Against the backdrop of the troubled 1960s, this coming-of-age novel weaves together a compelling psychological drama and vivid outer-space fantasy. Danny Shapiro is an isolated teenager, living with a dying mother and a hostile father and without friends. To cope with these circumstances, Danny forges a reality of his own, which includes the sinister "Three Men in Black", mysterious lake creatures with insectlike carapaces, a beautiful young seductress and thief with whom Danny falls in love, and an alien/human love child who-if only Danny can keep her alive-will redeem the planet. Danny's fictional world blends so seamlessly with his day-to-day life that profound questions about what is real and what is not, what is possible and what is imagined begin to arise. As the hero in his alien landscape, he finds the strength to deal with his own life and to stand up to demons both real and imagined. Told with heart and intellect, Journal of a UFO Investigator will remind readers of the works of Michael Chabon and Jonathan Lethem.

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Seller: Retrograde Media (US)
Seller's Inventory #: RM6368
Title: Journal of a UFO Investigator
Author: Halperin, David
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0670022454
ISBN 13: 9780670022458
Publisher: Viking
Place of Publication: New York, New York
Date Published: 2011
Bookseller catalogs: Science Fiction;

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