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02086aam a2200385 4500 001 CF5A7AC01FFB11E2B89840C96AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20170120010649 008 120925 2012 ENG 020 $a 1571310959 020 $a 9781571310958 (pbk.) 040 $d SILO 100 $a Watson, Larry, $d 1947- 245 1 $a American boy : $b [a novel] / $c Larry Watson. 250 $a First pbk. ed. 260 $a Minneapolis, MN : $b Milkweed Editions, $c 2012, c2011. 300 $a 249 p. : $c 19 cm. 500 $a Includes a reading group guide featuring questions for discussion. 520 $a We were exposed to these phenomena in order that we might learn something, but of course the lessons we learn are not always what was intended. So begins Matthew Garth's story of the fall of 1962, when the shooting of a young woman on Thanksgiving Day sets off a chain of unsettling evens in Willow Falls, Minnesota. Matthew first sees Louisa Lindahl in Dr. Dunbar's home office, and at the time her bullet wound makes nearly as strong an impression as her unclothed body. Fueled over the following weeks by his feverish desire for this mysterious woman and a deep longing for the comfort and affluence that appears to surround the Dunbars, Matthew finds himself drawn into a vortex of greet, manipulation, and ultimately betrayal. 586 $a Esquire Top 9 Books of the Year 586 $a Midwest Booksellers Choice Award Finalist 586 $a Booklist Editor's Choice 2011 Best Book 586 $a Publishers Weekly 20 Top Indie Sleeper Hits 586 $a WBEZ Chicago Top 10 Books of 2011 650 $a Life change events $v Fiction. $2 Sears 650 $a Small cities $v Fiction. 651 $a Minnesota $v Fiction. $2 Sears 655 $a Psychological fiction. 655 $a Literary fiction. 941 $a 4 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20211215030032.0 952 $l NUPD663 $d 20180712052215.0 952 $l NXPA663 $d 20180711043739.0 952 $l RCPA397 $d 20140120141739.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CF5A7AC01FFB11E2B89840C96AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search