This is contemporary American fiction at its best. Painting a world that Steinbeck would recognise, this extraordinary novel, with fifteen year old Charley Thompson at its centre, explores the realities of life on the margins of contemporary American society. We agree with the author Mark Billingham who describes the book as ‘Powerful and heartbreaking stuff’.
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home; food on the table; a high school he can attend for more than part of a year; and some structure to his life. But as the son of a single father working at warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, he's been pretty much on his own for some time. Lean on Pete opens as he and his father arrive in Portland, Oregon and Charley takes a stables job, illegally, at the local race track.
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Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home; food on the table; a high school he can attend for more than part of a year; and some structure to his life. But as the son of a single father working at warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, he's been pretty much on his own for some time.
Lean on Pete features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
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Lean on Pete was written by Willy Vlautin and published by Faber & Faber
Lean on Pete has 277 pages
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