
Looper
A Coming of Age Novel
Michael Conlon(Author)
Gatekeeper Press
Published on 26. November 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
424 pages
978-1-64237-358-5 (ISBN)
Description
Life Sucks. Big time. Fourteen-year-old Ford Quinn has read The Outsiders, Robert Frost poems, and knows the song lyrics to every single Springsteen song. As he heads into high school, star-gazing poet Ford has fallen hard for an Egyptian princess and become a caddy at an exclusive country club. With an amazing summer ahead of him, what could go wrong?
Everything.
His family can't afford life in the affluent Detroit neighborhood of Kensington Hills, and his dad's get-rich-schemes are getting as old as his mother's fervent self-improvement pop psychology. To top things off, his chances of gaining entry into the popular Lund Gang appears as far away as the stars he sees through the telescope in his bedroom.
Will Ford's quest to earn a caddy scholarship change the soundtrack of his life? Or will his encounters with cruel foils shatter his dreams and ruin his summer of firsts? This quirky, nostalgic coming-of-age novle will take you back to the time of Space Invaders, Rubik's Cube, mixed tapes, and Iranian hostages and immerse in the wonders of growing up in the summer of '80.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
531 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64237-358-5 (9781642373585)
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Michael Conlon is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Wayne State Law School. In a former life, he caddied in the PGA Championship and U.S. Senior Open. This is his debut novel. His forthcoming book The Monks' Cross will be published in 2019. He resides in Traverse City, Michigan with his wife, three children, and dog, Sumo.