
Project X
A Novel
Jim Shepard(Author)
Random House Inc (Publisher)
Published on 12. April 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-4000-3348-5 (ISBN)
Description
In the wilderness of junior high, Edwin Hanratty is at the bottom of the food chain. His teachers find him a nuisance. His fellow students consider him prey. And although his parents are not oblivious to his troubles, they can't quite bring themselves to fathom the ruthless forces that demoralize him daily.
Sharing in these schoolyard indignities is his only friend, Flake. Branded together as misfits, their fury simmers quietly in the hallways, classrooms, and at home, until an unthinkable idea offers them a spectacular and terrifying release.
From Jim Shepard, one of the most enduring and influential novelists writing today, comes an unflinching look into the heart and soul of adolescence. Tender and horrifying, prescient and moving, Project X will not easily be forgotten.
Sharing in these schoolyard indignities is his only friend, Flake. Branded together as misfits, their fury simmers quietly in the hallways, classrooms, and at home, until an unthinkable idea offers them a spectacular and terrifying release.
From Jim Shepard, one of the most enduring and influential novelists writing today, comes an unflinching look into the heart and soul of adolescence. Tender and horrifying, prescient and moving, Project X will not easily be forgotten.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
206 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4000-3348-5 (9781400033485)
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Person
Jim Shepard OBC, is an author, engineer, CEO, marathoner, husband, father, father-in-law, and grandfather who refused to give up. He lives with his wife, Deb Taylor, at Locarno Beach on English Bay in Vancouver, Canada.