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02700aam a22003978i 4500 001 DC99ABD2C6EA11E49F9D8ABADAD10320 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 141024s2015 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2014034641 020 $a 1250054419 020 $a 9781250054418 (hardcover) 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $e rda $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3563.E833 $b T73 2015 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23 084 $a JUV039230 $a JUV039020 $a JUV039230 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Metcalfe, Steve 245 14 $a The tragic age / $c Stephen Metcalfe. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 1503 264 1 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Griffin, $c 2015. 300 $a 310 p. $c 21 cm. 520 $a "This is the story of Billy Kinsey, heir to a lottery fortune, part genius, part philosopher and social critic, full time insomniac and closeted rock drummer. Billy has decided that the best way to deal with an absurd world is to stay away from it. Do not volunteer. Do not join in. Billy will be the first to tell you it doesn't always work-- not when your twin sister, Dorie, has died, not when your unhappy parents are at war with one another, not when frazzled soccer moms in two ton SUVs are more dangerous than atom bombs, and not when your guidance counselor keeps asking why you haven't applied to college. Billy's life changes when two people enter his life. Twom Twomey is a charismatic renegade who believes that truly living means going a little outlaw. Twom and Billy become one another's mutual benefactor and friend. At the same time, Billy is reintroduced to Gretchen Quinn, an old and adored friend of Dorie's. It is Gretchen who suggests to Billy that the world can be transformed by creative acts of the soul. With Twom, Billy visits the dark side. And with Gretchen, Billy experiences possibilities. Billy knows that one path is leading him toward disaster and the other toward happiness. The problem is--Billy doesn't trust happiness. It's the age he's at. The tragic age"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Teenage boys $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Friendship $x Fiction. 650 7 $a JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Adolescence. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Bullying. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Bildungsromans. $2 gsafd 856 42 $3 URL $u http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/418/9781250054418/image/lgcover.9781250054418.jpg 941 $a 3 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722051158.0 952 $l YDPC572 $d 20160716010613.0 952 $l YKPE532 $d 20150310010351.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DC99ABD2C6EA11E49F9D8ABADAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search