02079cam a2200397 i 4500 488317466 TxAuBib 20210222120000.0 090513s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780385527521 paperback 0385527527 paperback (OCoLC)326529128 TxAuBib rda Meyer, Philipp. American rust [PB] / Philipp Meyer. Spiegel & Grau trade paperback edition. New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2010. 382 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Random House reader's circle Reader's circle (Random House (Firm)) no2007044172 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007044172 "A novel"--Cover. "Originally published in hardcover ... in 2009"--T.p. verso. Includes "A reader's guide.". Set in a beautiful but economically devastated Pennsylvania steel town, a lush landscape as deceptively promising as the edifices of the abandoned steel mills, "American Rust" is a novel of the lost American dream and the desperation that arises in its absence. Left alone to care for his aging father after his mother commits suicide and his sister escapes to Yale, Isaac English longs for a life beyond his hometown. But when he finally sets out to leave for good, accompanied by his temperamental best friend, former high school football star Billy Poe, they are caught up in a terrible act of violence that changes their lives forever--Provided by publisher. 20210222. Murder Fiction. Fayette County (Pa.) Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Psychological fiction. Mystery fiction. Random House reader's circle. Reader's circle (Random House (Firm)) no2007044172 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007044172.