{"product_id":"august-and-then-some-a-novel-9780393057997","title":"August and Then Some A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwisted bonds between a father and his children lead to revenge and a desperate hope for redemption and forgiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"…Prete writes electrifying dialogue, and his galvanizing descriptions are poetic and mettlesome. Subtly mythic, grimly funny, and profoundly dramatic, Prete’s tale of young survivors blazes.\" -- Donna Seaman - Booklist\u003cbr\u003e\"An intense, tragic story about a young man’s struggle to take control of his life… As JT might put it if he were prone to self-pity, he has a big f*ing challenge ahead…. But the dialogue crackles like a plastic bottle underfoot while the pace never slows. A disturbing novel offering a mixture of hope and despair, vileness and nobility.\" -- Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\"It's no accident that when a novelist comes out with a good book, people talk about it as a performance. David Prete is a richly talented actor and in this novel he shows himself to be every bit as talented as a novelist. This is a brilliant performance, that feels like it ought to be said aloud. It has the music of something one hears in the best plays — its damaged young narrator is gritty and brave and carries a terrible burden of knowledge that leaks to us through scenes we experience in our nerves, like the stone and clamor of the city itself where he lives, palpable as a touch on the skin. August is the sad month, and this is August and then some.\" -- Richard Bausch\u003cbr\u003e\"Prete’s portrayal of an adolescent inexorably scarred by secrets and lies, revenge and its consequences is beautifully done.\" -- Harper Collins, Independent Thinking\u003cbr\u003e\"…Prete weaves a raw and tantalizing tale of revenge and repentance, played out when a Pandora’s box of family secrets implodes.\" -- Susan Swarbick - The Herald Scotland\u003cbr\u003e\"…impeccably crafted…wit, insight and some truly lovely writing that along with a heartbreaking final act, will prick your eyes with tears.\" -- Paul Connolly - Edinburgh Metro\u003cbr\u003e\"In Prete's writing dialogue and metaphor are energetically engaged, mixing sparring wit, sombre sorrow and recollection so ephemeral it has \"the life expectancy of a flame in a bottle.\"\" -- Catherine Taylor - The Guardian (UK)","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525120172375,"sku":"9780393057997","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393057997.jpg?v=1731859301","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/august-and-then-some-a-novel-9780393057997","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}