false 98681 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 98681 2 95128 2006 Here They Come total:279|5:63|4:101|3:77|2:30|1:8| 279 1018 395 68 56758 3.63 519 145 6848098 423999 546092 1932416501 9781932416503 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175694216m/546092.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175694216s/546092.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/546092.Here_They_Come 3.72 47 Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant — 1970s New York, stifling, violent, and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, borderline parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of vivid, mundane moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience. By the author of the New York Times Notable Book Sea of Trees.</div><div> </div><div> </div>]]> 2006 2 3 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 14:20:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 14:30:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 6309299 206921 98681 0802143199 9780802143198 56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98681.Here_They_Come 3.63 232 Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 2006 4 2 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Sep 16 22:19:40 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 22:21:34 -0700 2007 i bought this book on a whim off the mcsweeney's shelf. what luck! it's just positively wonderful! it so simply and tragically captures the relationship between a young girl, her pathetic mother, and her absentee dad. it's dark dark DARK throughout, but always floats on that buoyant edge o...more...]]> 33770635 1411768 98681 0802143199 9780802143198 56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98681.Here_They_Come 3.65 279 Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 2006 5 2 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 18:12:18 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 06 18:10:50 -0800 2008 It reminded me of a tree grows in Brooklyn. It deals with poverty, so it makes you appreciate what you have...but it also makes you miss childhood. And hate hot dog vendors.
]]> 1634332 30800 98681 0802143199 9780802143198 56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98681.Here_They_Come 3.65 279 Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 2006 5 1 false Sun Jun 03 16:24:32 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 03 18:01:35 -0700 2007 After Dark and I realized that I didn't have anything to read at lunch or on the subway ride home, and I started getting a little upset, thinking about the entire train ride with nothing to do but stare at hipsters and be bored. I cannot handl...more...]]> 62817385 2484736 98681 0802143199 9780802143198 56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98681.Here_They_Come 3.65 279 Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 2006 4 0 false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 14:32:03 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 14:32:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 11999345 758460 98681 0802143199 9780802143198 56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98681.Here_They_Come 3.65 279 Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 2006 2 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 14:35:11 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 14:38:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 55854588 118210 98681 0802143199 9780802143198 56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98681.Here_They_Come 3.65 279 Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 2006 3 0 false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 16:22:10 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 20:32:06 -0700 2009
the trope of precocious girl coming of age in abject poverty has been done before, and better (see the many references to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn in other people's reviews). i felt like i had read this story a number of times. not to mention, the blase tone came acr...more...]]> 27842980 1348128 98681 0802143199 9780802143198 56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98681.Here_They_Come 3.65 279 Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 2006 3 1 false Sun Aug 31 20:24:30 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 07:27:57 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 20:24:30 -0700 2008 41741974 1439856 98681 0802143199 9780802143198 56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98681.Here_They_Come 3.65 279 Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 2006 4 0 false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jan 03 13:15:41 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 21 19:19:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 22659776 155448 98681 0802143199 9780802143198 56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98681.Here_They_Come 3.65 279 Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 2006 5 0 false Tue May 20 20:32:12 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 20:37:28 -0700 2008
The prospect of capturing the moment when childhood is lost is one of modern literature's greatest quests. From Catcher in the Rye to East of Eden, coming-of-age novels depict character's maturing because change is so evocatively and u...more...]]> 18995654 982705 98681 0802143199 9780802143198 56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98681.Here_They_Come 3.65 279 Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 2006 4 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 30 10:54:25 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 10:55:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 41367013 9294 98681 0802143199 9780802143198 56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98681.Here_They_Come 3.65 279 Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 2006 5 0 false Tue Dec 30 21:21:11 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 21:25:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 57116423 2348758 98681 0802143199 9780802143198 56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98681.Here_They_Come 3.65 279 Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 2006 3 0 false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 20:54:13 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 00:31:57 -0700 2009
I liked this quite a bit, Ms. Murphy--although if Freud were to take a long, hard look at this novel, he'd sa...more...]]> 3012570 42050 546092 1932416501 9781932416503 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175694216m/546092.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175694216s/546092.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/546092.Here_They_Come 3.65 279 Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant — 1970s New York, stifling, violent, and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, borderline parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of vivid, mundane moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience. By the author of the New York Times Notable Book Sea of Trees.</div><div> </div><div> </div>]]> 2006 4 0 false Thu Jul 12 21:16:22 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 12:09:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 24012354 217774 98681 0802143199 9780802143198 56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98681.Here_They_Come 3.65 279 Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 2006 3 0 false Thu Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 16:38:46 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 03:09:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 30276895 579935 98681 0802143199 9780802143198 56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98681.Here_They_Come 3.65 279 Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 2006 4 0 false Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 20:04:57 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 06:20:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1638675 31019 98681 0802143199 9780802143198 56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98681.Here_They_Come 3.65 279 Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 2006 3 0 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jun 03 20:16:14 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 18 11:10:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 56420881 2126088 98681 0802143199 9780802143198 56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98681.Here_They_Come 3.65 279 Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 2006 1 0 false Sun May 17 18:12:55 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 18:12:55 -0700 2009 39582607 1009462 98681 0802143199 9780802143198 56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98681.Here_They_Come 3.65 279 Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 2006 0 0 false Mon Dec 08 05:42:36 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 05:44:00 -0800 2008 protagonist will have you cringing with delight.

Chris S]]> 77429968 844841 98681 0802143199 9780802143198 56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130m/98681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171424130s/98681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98681.Here_They_Come 3.65 279 Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div>]]> 2006 3 0 false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 07:57:52 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 09:37:40 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=98681