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Tim Tharp

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Henryetta, Oklahoma

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Tim Tharp lives in Oklahoma where he writes novels and teaches in the Humanities Department at Rose State College. In addition to earning a B.A. from the University of Oklahoma and an M.F.A. from Brown University, Tim Tharp has been a factory hand, construction laborer, psychiatric aid, long-distance hitchhiker, and record store clerk. His first novel, Falling Dark (Milkweed Press), was awarded the Milkweed National Fiction Prize. Knights of the Hill Country (Knopf Books for Young Readers) is his first novel for young adults and was named to the American Library Association's Best Books of 2007 list. Tim's new YA novel, The Spectacular Now, (Knopf Books, Nov. 2008) was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award.

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Average rating: 3.59 · 1,208 ratings · 322 reviews · 5 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Spectacular Now 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 779 ratings — published 2008 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knights of the Hill Country 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Badd 3.31 of 5 stars 3.31 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mojo 3.15 of 5 stars 3.15 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Falling Dark: A Novel 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Besides, it doesn't matter if it's real. It never does with dreams. They aren't anything anyway but lifesavers to cling to so you don't drown. Life is an ocean, and most everyone's hanging on to some kind of dream to keep afloat.”
― Tim Tharp, The Spectacular Now

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“It's more like I was daydreaming when the Supreme Being told me what I should do with my life, and it's too late to ask what it was.”
― Tim Tharp, The Spectacular Now

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“That's how it is with legends. The greater they sound, the more must've got left out.”
― Tim Tharp, Knights of the Hill Country

tags: exaggeration, legends, rewriting-history, truth

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