false 54139198 520753 3380813 0374194165 9780374194161 190 <![CDATA[Lowboy]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/33/813/3380813-m-1255608575.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/33/813/3380813-s-1255608575.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3380813.Lowboy 3.29 588 Lowboy, John Wray’s third novel, tells the story of Will’s fantastic and terrifying odyssey through the city’s tunnels, back alleys, and streets in search of Emily Wallace, his one great hope, and of Violet Heller’s desperate attempts to locate her son before psychosis claims him completely. She is joined by Ali Lateef, a missing-persons specialist, who gradually comes to discover that more is at stake than the recovery of a runaway teen: Violet—beautiful, enigmatic, and as profoundly at odds with the world as her son—harbors a secret that Lateef will discover at his own peril. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Suspenseful and comic, devastating and hopeful by turns, Lowboy is a fearless exploration of youth, sex, and violence in contemporary America, seen through one boy’s haunting and extraordinary vision. </DIV>

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