Jansma, Kristopher.
Summary: "An inventive and witty debut about a young man's quest to become a writer and the misadventures in life and love that take him around the globe From as early as he can remember, the hopelessly unreliable--yet hopelessly earnest--narrator of this ambitious debut novel has wanted to become a writer. From the jazz clubs of Manhattan to the villages of Sri Lanka, Kristopher Jansma's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JANJansma, Kristopher.
Summary: From as early as he can remember, the hopelessly unreliable, yet hopelessly earnest, narrator of this ambitious debut novel has wanted to become a writer. From the jazz clubs of Manhattan to the villages of Sri Lanka, Kristopher Jansma's irresistible narrator will be inspired and haunted by the success of his greatest friend and rival in writing, the eccentric and brilliantly talented Julian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2013
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC JANGifford, Barry
Summary: "A novel of violence, of love, and introspection, The Up-Down follows a man who leaves home and all that's familiar, finds true love, loses it, and finds it again. Pace's voyage is outward, among strangers, and inward into the fifth direction that is theup-down, in a sweeping, voracious human tale that takes no prisoners, witnesses extreme brutalities and expresses a childlike amazement. Here...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GIFHebert, Christopher
Summary: "Once an example of American industrial might, Detroit has gone bankrupt, its streets dark, its storefronts vacant. Miles of city blocks lie empty, saplings growing through the cracked foundations of abandoned buildings. In razor-sharp, beguiling prose, Angels of Detroit draws us into the lives of multiple characters struggling to define their futures in this desolate landscape: a scrappy group...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Hebert 2016Mai, Jia
Summary: "One of China's bestselling novels, an unusual literary thriller that takes us deep into the world of code breaking In his gripping debut novel, Mai Jia reveals the mysterious world of Unit 701, a top-secret Chinese intelligence agency whose sole purpose is counterespionage and code breaking. Rong Jinzhen, an autistic math genius with a past shrouded in myth, is forced to abandon his academic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAIRand, Ayn.
Summary: The story of an intransigent young architect, Howard Roark, of his violent battle against a mindless status quo, and of his explosive love affair with a beautiful woman who worships him yet struggles to defeat him. In order to build his kind of buildings according to his own standards, Roark must fight against every variant of human corruption.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2007