Ohio

by Markley, Stephen
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ISBN: 9781501174483
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Overview

"Extraordinary...beautifully precise... an] earnestly ambitious debut."--The New York Times Book Review

"A wild, angry, and devastating masterpiece of a book."--NPR

" A] descendent of the Dickensian 'social novel' by way of Jonathan Franzen: epic fiction that lays bare contemporary culture clashes, showing us who we are and how we got here."--O, The Oprah Magazine

One sweltering night in 2013, four former high school classmates converge on their hometown in northeastern Ohio.

There's Bill Ashcraft, a passionate, drug-abusing young activist whose flailing ambitions have taken him from Cambodia to Zuccotti Park to post-BP New Orleans, and now back home with a mysterious package strapped to the undercarriage of his truck; Stacey Moore, a doctoral candidate reluctantly confronting her family and the mother of her best friend and first love, whose disappearance spurs the mystery at the heart of the novel; Dan Eaton, a shy veteran of three tours in Iraq, home for a dinner date with the high school sweetheart he's tried desperately to forget; and the beautiful, fragile Tina Ross, whose rendezvous with the washed-up captain of the football team triggers the novel's shocking climax.

Set over the course of a single evening, Ohio toggles between the perspectives of these unforgettable characters as they unearth dark secrets, revisit old regrets and uncover--and compound--bitter betrayals. Before the evening is through, these narratives converge masterfully to reveal a mystery so dark and shocking it will take your breath away.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Markley, Stephen
  • ISBN: 9781501174483
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.30 x 1.30
  • Number Of Pages: 512
  • Publication Year: 2019

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