The Motel Life

Author: Willy Vlautin

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Price : $19.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780571228089
Publisher : Faber Faber
Imprint : Faber Faber
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Weight (g) : 0.183
Publication date : March 2007
Dimensions : 198mm X 129mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 19.99
Availability date : June 2007
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Author : Willy Vlautin
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Dewey classification : 813.6
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Pages : 224
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Description

Opening like an early Tom Waits barstool-tale, "The Motel Life" tells the story of two brothers, Frank and Jerry Lee. Taking to the road in an attempt to escape the hit-and-run accident caused by Jerry Lee, the novel goes back to tell the story of their unhappy lives. With intense feeling and compassion, Vlautin explores the frustrations and failed dreams of the two brothers - one a natural storyteller, the other an artist - and renders perfectly the sense of entrapment they feel. Will the kid's death shock them out of their torpor or send them ever deeper into trouble? Can Annie James, a girl from their past, offer them any sort of redemption, however slim?

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A hugely moving slice of downbeat Americana.

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"'A future classic of American down-beat prose.' Dazed and Confused"

Author description

Willy Vlautin is the singer and main songwriter of the highly acclaimed Americana band Richmond Fontaine, whose albums include, Post to Wire (2004) and, most recently, The Fitzgerald (2005).

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